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Have you experienced a vacation that was so amazing you came back and told everyone about it?  You describe in detail all of the beautiful sites you saw. You tell them, “You really need to see it for yourself!”  Our focus here at Barnitz and Mt. Zion is Connecting People to Christ’s Love.  I’ll be Read More

All the “cool” people will know why this week’s post is titled, “Jesus is King” Don’t worry. I’m mostly joking with that first sentence. I confess. It was barely on my radar. Kanye West, a world renowned rapper, released a new album last week with that title. (Caution: the songs may contain some explicit lyrics.) Read More

Who do you see when you look in the mirror?   Do you see someone who can love as Jesus loves?   When we think of love, I’m thinking of how Paul, an early follower of Jesus, defines love in his letter to Christians in Corinth. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, Read More

Did you grow up in the church? I ask because it feels like this week’s post was written mostly to people who have grown up in church. However, if you haven’t grown up in the church, I believe you will find this interesting. In the Old Testament, we see God’s people turn away from God. Read More

My family and I recently had the awesome privilege of visiting Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Go ahead and take a minute to Google images for the park. It is beautiful! What is the most beautiful landscape that you have ever seen? Flowers? The ocean? Or maybe some wildlife? Think about this beauty. How Read More

In our last post, we asked for some feedback. We asked for some questions you may find yourself wrestling with as we want these posts to be something you find helpful. One question that came back to us pertained to the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.   I acknowledge this topic raises many questions.  Read More

Seriously, we want this email/blog to be for you. We hope that more often than not you find something that helps you. Our focus at Barnitz and Mt. Zion is on Connecting People to Christ’s Love. No matter if you have grown up in the church or have never been in church, we believe that Read More

Many people who gathered in church last week know countless others who were not at church, which includes close family members and friends.  Truth be told, if all those connected to our church came each Sunday, we would need to add another service! You often hear it being reported that fewer and fewer people are Read More

Jesus didn’t die on the cross so that you would go to Heaven when you die. Go ahead. Read that sentence again. “But, wait,” you say. “What about John 3:16?” God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. Read More

What if when you woke up in the morning and turned on the news, you didn’t see what you were used to seeing? There wasn’t any discussion of war or terror. There wasn’t any reporting on another shooting or murder in town. The headlines weren’t filled with stories that made your anxiety go through the Read More