Pastor's Corner: The sound of Hope

I lift up my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. - Psalm 121

As we head into the Season of Thanksgiving, it feels like we have more to complain about than to be thankful for; that we have more reasons to be afraid than to hope; that we are more divided than we are united. The good news is that we are not alone. The message of a dying Messiah on a cross communicates suffering, and brokenness is an intrinsic component of the life that Jesus lived and that we do, too. We are all broken, and that's all right. In the ache...