Faith
Strong spirits: wonder
The point of the season is to get quiet, to pay attention, to wonder, to listen well.
Faith
Events
30th Annual Christmas Candlelight Service
Sun, Dec. 14, 2025, 5 - 6 p.m., Church by the Side of the Road, 500 S Blackhawk Blvd, Rockton, IL
Faith
Strong spirits: thanks!
Are you more inclined to be grateful or to grumble?
Faith
Strong spirits: fretting or delight
What are you fretting about these days? Great advice: don’t fret.
Faith
Strong spirits: lament
Whatever it is, don't stuff it. Bring it out, and make it a prayer.
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Strong spirits: lead!
Have you earned the right to be heard? Do you have something to say?
Faith
Strong spirits: focus
How much do you care about what others think?
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Strong spirits: meat
We need a diverse and growing diet of spiritual food if we are to grow and mature.
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Strong spirits: one thing
Everyone has one thing that is most important to them. What's yours?
Faith
Strong spirits: lost?
We all get lost in one way or another. But we need not remain lost.
Opinion
Strong spirits: silence
Some love silence, some fear it, and most can't find any time for it.
Opinion
Strong spirits: open?
God is always using the most ordinary folks to do his most extraordinary work.
Opinion
Strong spirits: ordinary?
God is always using the most ordinary folks to do his most extraordinary work.
Opinion
Strong spirits: come!
You have an amazing standing invitation and an opportunity to offer an life changing invitation.
Opinion
Strong spirits: focused
It would be wise to ask ourselves what or who is at the center of my attention.
Opinion
Strong spirits: faithfulness
We all have faith in something or someone.
Opinion
Strong spirits: relinquish?
It means letting go of troubles and treasures, problems and pleasures.
Opinion
Strong spirits: happy
The things that Jesus says will make us happy sound a little strange...
Opinion
Strong spirits: unity
Any task will be far more effective and successful when we work together.
Opinion
Strong spirits: faith
I have faith that my chair will support me. I don't need to keep checking.
Opinion
Strong spirits: hungry
I am convinced that if my deepest and most passionate longing is for God, he will take care of all the rest.
Roscoe, IL
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First Congregational Community Church in Roscoe is known as the small church with a big heart.
Opinion
Strong spirits: enough
God never says "I've had enough of you!"
Opinion
Strong spirits: freedom or bondage?
A very long line of things can steal our freedom and joy.
Opinion
Strong spirits: ask your questions
Don't be afraid of questions. Ask them! Wrestle with them! Demand answers.
