Sermons, devotionals and other random stories from a New England church pastor Find us on www.facebook.com/LoveToTelltheStory/ Plus, check out our blog at https://pastoralponderings.wordpress.com/ Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-lowry/support
To "keep the faith" in these days requires the kind of peace that only Jesus can provide!
Ours is the God who promises to make all things new, but in the meantime you and I live "between the now and not yet."
Even as we walk along life's most difficult roads, we are never alone but ever in the presence of the loving Savior!
Nicodemus came to Jesus by night with more questions than he ever expected... but left with the most important answer of all!
Some thoughts on Humility, Grace and Ash Wednesday...
When it comes to LOVE, we also have to talk about Jesus' call to love our enemies!
As God gives it and intends for it to be give, LOVE is something that's ever changing, growing and deepening over time!
Love, as Paul describes it, is "a more excellent way..." but it is also, and always, our choice!
Love is truly "a more excellent way," and needs to have first priority in our lives!
As we truly come to know Jesus, we are confronted with the challenge of living what we already understand to be true!
Ours is the God who in infinite mercy and love takes us by the hand and leads us along good pathways!
The start of a new year is time for making resolutions, and for people of faith, that includes choosing who you will serve!
Light came into the world in the person of Jesus, our Emmanuel, but how do you and I carry that light moving forward? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Mary said "YES" to the Angel Gabriel and everything changed for her and for the whole world forever! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
This is the season of exultation: our exultation unto the Lord, and the Lord's exultation over us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
God is at work bringing his tender mercies to us and our world! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
During this Advent season and in every season, we are called to live expectantly for the Savior's coming, lest in our distraction we miss the kingdom of God coming near! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, we are reminded that as God's people, we are called to cultivate an everyday spirit of true thanksgiving! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
To love God and love your neighbor: according to Jesus, following God is as simple and as all-encompassing as that! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
By his teachings and through his very life, Jesus knew and proclaimed that there is no one irrelevant to God! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
God's kingdom draws near, and the time is now to “Taste and See That the Lord Is Good!” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
One of the most important keys to a faithful life is the willingness to ask for help… from God! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Jesus' message is so crucial that anything that keeps that message from being shared must be avoided! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
An authentic faith is always going to be rooted in a prayerful attitude! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
All about the importance of patience in an authentic life of faith! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
True wisdom, according to the Epistle of James, comes down to gentleness, purity, mercy and good fruits! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Living in true faith and with love often begins in the simplest yet most challenging of ways: by controlling our tongues! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
When it comes to faith and works together, we would do well to concentrate on loving one another! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Beginning a series of messages from the Epistle of James, all about the difference between being a "hearer of the Word" and a "Doer of the Word!" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
In a world that seeks to fill us with so much “food” that ultimately perishes, it is a true blessing that Jesus comes to us as "living bread." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
In times when we're feeling *really* tired, and in more ways than one, we have a Savior who promises to give us rest! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Amazing things happen when we choose to live in the great abundance of God's love and power! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Do our lives show the same kind of integrity with God as shown forth by the Apostles? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
All about the conversion of Saul and of the ways that God reaches out to us in ways that are completely surprising and utterly life-changing! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
All about "riding the curl" in the joy and adventure of true discipleship! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
As Christians, our mission is to reach out to others in Jesus's name! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
The life of the early church was marked by believers who were devoted to prayer, fellowship, and service; the same life to which we are called today! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Pentecost Sunday is our day to celebrate God's gift of the Holy Spirit and how it continues to inspire us to live as children of God! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
The disciples' story is ours as well... so how will that story begin? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
God's way is the way of love, and by sharing that love we can overcome the world! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
As members of the church of Jesus Christ, we are called first and foremost to be unabashedly Christian... and in that, unabashedly caring! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Of all the voices that compete for our attention, we need to be listening carefully for the one voice that matters, that of the "Good Shepherd," Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
All about the importance of “wearing”the attributes of our Christian faith. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
How Jesus offered "Doubting" Thomas three gifts with which to deal with his lingering doubts... and how he does the same for us today! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
More than simply a day on the Christian calendar, more than a festival of the Church, Easter is an experience that makes all the difference for the world, and especially for you and me! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
A Bonus Episode for Holy Week all about the difficulty... and the blessing of coming to the cross. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
Jesus' time in Gethsemane is what makes Jesus very real to us and very human... and it's what strengthens us in our own spiritual walk! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
There are some questions that only Jesus can answer... but "would we see Jesus?" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
When it comes to life, and especially faith, a strong foundation is of utter importance! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
The living out of our Christian faith so often ends up as a matter of priorities! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support
All about starting over by taking up our crosses and following Jesus! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-lowry/support