Count Your Blessings

As a child, I remember singing an old hymn song called, “Count Your Blessings.” It reminds us to be grateful, to pause, and to remember the incredible things God has…

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Are You Busy?

1 Kings 20:38-40 Crazy question probably.  The Christmas season can be anything but peaceful.  Especially if we say yes to every opportunity that comes our way.  Parades, parties, events, get…

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Thirty Years & Three Thoughts

In the fall of 1992, Paula and I moved to Fredericksburg from Northern Virginia. We didn’t know what to expect. I was 26 and Paula was 21. But we both…

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Real, Raw & Righteous

Small Groups have begun this week for our summer semester.  This is an opportunity to study the Bible, strengthen connections, pray together and find mutual encouragement.  I am excited about…

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Speak Life

Pastor Tim recently spoke about God giving us favor, joy, and abilities. When I think of the free gift that God gives us through the mercy demonstrated to us by…

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Understanding Grace

Grace.  It's a word that has become so common, that I think it has lost the grandeur that it truly entails.  Whether being used by a boss "taking it easy"…

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Time to Join a Small Group

 Time to Join a Small Group  When we read the New Testament Scriptures and the life of Jesus, it is amazing what God accomplished through a small group. Jesus lived…

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2022 Finding the New or Recapturing the Old in the New Year?

The new year is here!

I don’t know about you, but this time of year always brings about a sense of newness, does it not?  People all over the world resolve to make new changes in the new year and be a better, or newer version of themselves.  I used to hear this phrase used, “New Year, new me!”… whether it be new journeys, new relationships, or new habits, people will embark upon “news” as we enter this new year.  This quest for “new” or “fresh” is something that has always been a (more…)

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How to stop being afraid of what other people think about you

This Christmas at Choice we have been working through the “Fear Not” Christmas sermon series from Life Church. We have been looking at three different appearances that the angels made…

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A Time For Giving

1 Timothy 6:17-18 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly…

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