On January 22nd, Katie and Andrew Amrine walked us through their financial journey and offered some tips and wisdom they’ve learned along the way. Here’s a brief overview of the conversation and some resources to explore. Budgeting Basics For budgeting to stick, you have to make it work for you. There are lots of online options (Mint, NerdWallet, etc.). The Amrines have…
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1 JOHN 3:8 The coming of the eternal Son of God into the world as the God-man, Jesus Christ, is a fact of history. Yet thousands of people say they believe this fact but then live just like everybody else. They have the same anxieties that good…
As we ramp up for the holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s) every year, I’m struck by a topic that pops up consistently: Loneliness. Loneliness plagues many people in our hyper-individualistic, breakneck-speed society. I get it. I mean, what do we see when we walk down a busy street, hang out in a coffee shop, or take public transit? Folks glued to…
Greetings, Journey Community Church family! My name is Myron Crockett, and I’m the new guy. New pastor. New resident of Tacoma. Soon-to-be-new parent (kinda: I’ll be a new dad to our fourth child in January). My family and I are deeply humbled to be called to Journey by the Lord. Also, we are excited about what the Lord has in store for…
Middle and high school students join together on Tuesday nights for an evening of fun, food, and discipleship. Right now, we are on week 2 of the ALPHA series for youth. This is an engaging, discussion-based time designed to explore some of life’s biggest questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What is life all about? At 6:00pm we share a meal…
One of my favorite stories in scripture is found in 1 Kings 19. After watching God dominate the prophets of Baal (Elijah holds a contest between God and Baal, and God shows up in a serious way), Queen Jezebel, the leader of the Baal worshipers, lets Elijah know she is going to hunt him until…
1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.” In my most recent blog we discussed the element of reverence in worship. Reverence is closely tied to another element that must be present for true worship to occur: humility. Humility may be the most important element for any worshiper to possess. James…
“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask…
A few weeks ago I wrote about joy being essential to biblical worship. To understand the type of joy that true worship requires, one has to consider another essential element: reverence. Dictionary.com defines reverence as “an attitude of deep respect tinged with awe.” The Bible tells us in several passages to show reverence in our worship (Hebrews 12:8; Psalm 5:7), but to…
Heaven lives in a perpetual state of worship. Revelation 4 tells us that there are always four creatures flying around the throne of God, and that day and night they never stop saying, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.” Every time they say this, 24 Elders that surround the throne fall down…