Going for the Gold

Dear Crosswalkers,

In London, the Olympic athletes are going for the gold. They are trying to be the best they can be. They are putting forth the very best effort to excel in their sport.  At Crosswalk, we also want to be the best we can be. We want to excel in the high calling of serving and honoring the Lord with our lives. God has blessed us with a healhy number of children and youth. Our Tru curriculum is helping us to be the best we can be in our children's ministry. In September we plan to have a "Children's Ministry Open House" so the entire church can get on board with what God is doing with our kids.

How to be a Great Person

This Sunday at Crosswalk, we will tackle the subject "How to Be a Great Person." One of the key points is Humility. I'm at RCP's family camp this week and in one of my conversations with the evening speaker, he said, "This is my prayer: Lord, please humble me but don't humiliate me!" 

Firewalkers, Skywalkers or Crosswalkers?

This Sunday we come to a powerful passage about the possibilities of faith. In one of our verses for this Sunday, Jesus says, "All things are possible for one who believes.” (Mark 9:23). Obviously, this is a controversial passage. What I find interesting is our culture's obsession with the power behind this verse without tapping into the source of all power, namely, God.

Building Intimacy With God

Ever have those moments of stagnancy in a relationship?  They are the moments which seem like the relationship is not what it could be, or used to be.  You become guarded and seek a comfortable position and the intimacy just isn’t there.  I can have those moments in my relationship with God and it is a challenge to get it back.

Transformed Through This Church

God first brought me to Crosswalk back in 1999.  I was a quiet young man who was bad at holding a conversation and angry at a world which didn't seem to accept me.  Worse, I had no purpose in life.  But I was also aware of those traits, and acknowledged them as barriers to a fulfilled life so I wanted to change.  Religion seemed to be the best way to affect change.  I was interested in Christianity (though not yet a Christian) and had been church shopping for a bit.  I visited a few other churches but was generally unimpressed by what I had found.  When I visited Crosswalk there was one thing which set it apart for me: the people.  A quick scan of the crowd revealed a diversity I hadn't seen at other churches.  People from different races and age groups accepted each other and actually spent time together (which seemed like a rarity at the time.)  I also noticed as I watched people interact, that they actually wanted to be there.  I was brought up in a church which felt like people were there out of obligation rather than choice (it was a Catholic church).  Crosswalk was a group of people who wanted to be with God and with each other - they were engaged.  By the end of the first service I was hooked, this was not just a church, this was a community.  A community of people with a genuine heart for God and each other where people were connected.