Events Serve Announcements Give Silver, Gold, or Platinum? We’re moving a little past Valentine’s Day now, but I’m still thinking about love.  Let’s talk precious metal rules.  Most people know the golden rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It’s found with slight variation in most religions; it’s called the “ethics of reciprocity.” It’s a step up from the … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Schadenfreude and the Gospel of Love I recently heard a BBC broadcast in which the hosts were discussing the German word schadenfreude. Schadenfreude is the combination of two other German words: schaden (harm) and freude (joy). Put together, the word means to derive pleasure from someone else's pain. I am not aware of any equivalent term in the English … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Finding Our Part in God's Symphony Several years ago, Abby and I attended the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Dallas, TX, as they performed Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 at the Myerson Symphony Hall. It was a spectacular experience; both the conductor and the orchestra were deeply invested in the music they were creating. Reflecting on this, I believe that … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give FPC’s Love in Action Day – February 16th For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Matthew 25:35-36 FPC is on a mission to share Christ’s love in our world, and we need you! Join us on … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Pray without Ceasing In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, we are called to “Pray without ceasing.” In his Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin speaks of the necessity of prayer, writing: It is, therefore, by the benefit of prayer that we reach those riches which are laid up for us with the Heavenly Father…Words fail to explain how necessary prayer is and … [Read more...]