July 6, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Money is the Root of all Evil”
When I was a kid, I remember playing a game with my parents and my sister. It wasn’t an official game, and it centered around one question… “What would you do if you had a million dollars?”. Our family took turns stating how we would spend the million...June 29, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….God helps those who help themselves” Ephesians 2: 1-10
Hello everyone! This coming Sunday’s wrongly-attributed-to-the-Bible scripture is “God helps those who help themselves,” which is a bit of a complex idea with a lot of various interpretations. The phrase sounds somewhat like Biblical wisdom and is spoken often...June 22, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Everything Happens for a Reason”
“Everything Happens For a Reason” by Pastor Carl Another phantom scripture that (spoiler alert) doesn’t exactly exist… But many have said it, always with the best of intentions, based on being convinced of God’s sovereignty in spite of our inability to make...June 15, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….That’s Not Fair!”
We are in the middle of VBS this week at Marion! This Sunday we will embrace the VBS vibe and our worship space and worship will reflect our VBS theme… True North. As we continue our summer series of phantom scriptures, I am not going to tell you the phantom...June 8, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That…. God won’t give you more than you can handle”
A couple years of years ago, 2021 to be specific, a famous (or maybe infamous) pastor tweeted the following statement… “God will not give you more than you can handle. If you have a big challenge today, that means you have a big destiny.” I think we have all...
Kansas City barbecue draws Pennsylvania family on whirlwind birthday trip
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For one Pennsylvania family, a meal at Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que is worth a 2,000-mile travel day. It's a birthday present Mary Ann and Paul Miller's two ...