“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). Some days at our house, it’s hard to get everybody going. Sometimes that’s not a big deal; other times it can be fairly stressful. If we have a certain place to be at a certain time, my wife and I tell our kids when we need to leave and try to give them everything they need to be ready to go by then, whether it’s making sure they have had breakfast, know where their soccer cleats are, or have everything ready to go in their b...

--Taylor Stichler, October 27, 2021. Wow! It’s hard to believe that we are in our final week of the Red Letter Challenge! I’ve had a ton of fun digging into this challenge, it's been especially rewarding to have done it with a small group together! I pray that if you have gotten involved with a small group during this challenge that you think of continuing to meet together to keep diving into God’s Word! We have a lot of resources that we would love to share with your group if you want! Duri...

Today's video post comes from Pastor Caleb Adams as he shares a story about his son's question: How much should I give? https://player.vimeo.com/video/636584384?h=2294878932&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479

During this week of Serving in the Red Letter Challenge, it has occurred to me that we use the word “serve” in a lot of different ways. There’s the way I think we usually think of serving—giving of our time and energy and skills for the benefit of others. But there are many other ways the word “serve” enters into our vocabulary. As a tennis player, one of the most important parts of my game is my serve. If you’re watching an episode of Law and Order, you might see someone serve a subpoena. As t...

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--Taylor Stichler, October 9, 2021. Have you ever read the reviews of a place on Google or Yelp before? We live in this incredible time where we have deducted everything we need to know about a restaurant, store, business, or product to a five star rating system. I don’t know about you, but before I buy anything on Amazon or try a new restaurant I go straight to the reviews. It’s helpful to know what other people have to say about something you have never experienced before. Companies that sell...

Our Red Letter Challenge small group has been meeting on Sunday evenings. As we began the week of Forgiving this past Sunday, our discussion naturally centered around the topic of forgiveness. One of the suggested discussion questions for our study was, “Has anybody ever wronged you more than you have wronged God?” We all knew the right answer was, of course, no. We knew we were supposed to say something like, “No, clearly nobody could ever possibly wrong me more than I have wronged God.” Bu...

Today’s chapter in our Red Letter Challenge book contains a prayer that we are encouraged to speak daily as we seek God’s forgiveness. The prayer contains a sentence—“I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life”—which parallels the words of Peter in Acts 3:19 when he said, “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out…” James says something similar when he wrote, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and pur...

--Taylor Stichler, October 1, 2021. It’s officially October and that means our kids have been in school for a little over a month now. We have been incredibly blessed to have Charlotte, our daughter, enrolled at Trinity in full day preschool! It’s amazing what kids can learn and pick up so quickly at this age when they start school. We’ve also noticed how quickly Charlotte has picked up a few habits that aren’t so great. Charlotte recently has come home and learned how to stick her tongue out ...

Today's video post comes from Pastor Caleb, on location at the Pastors' Conference in Cannon Beach. Please forgive the wind noise--we've added captions to make up for it! https://player.vimeo.com/video/619316832?h=2a0b93e617&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479

Day 7 of our Red Letter Challenge asked us to focus upon the discipline of prayer as a means of “being” with God. This is a delightful discipline to exercise, for it means we take the time each day to talk to our Heavenly Father! What could be better?! And yet, I know that many of us struggle with how we should pray. What words do we use? What is proper to ask of God? Does he care about my feelings and my worries? Do I mention to Him that I am overwhelmed—or does that mean I don’t have eno...

--Taylor Stichler, September 24, 2021 I recently joined a gym. I know, pretty scary thought. Me on an elliptical is not something I really want to picture, so I apologize for even bringing it up! I joined this gym because it is only ten dollars a month and I would at least like to attempt living a more active lifestyle. However, I’ve learned that paying for the gym membership is only part of the process. You have to actually go to the gym to reap any of the rewards! Who would have thought? It ...

--Pastor Caleb Adams, September 22, 2021. In my daily Bible reading plan, I’m currently in 1 Chronicles. The book starts off a little slowly, with genealogy after genealogy for chapter after chapter. But in chapter 10 the action begins with the death of Saul and his sons in a battle against the Philistines. In chapter 11, David is anointed king and we’re off to the races.  This time through these opening chapters, what stood out to me the most was the stark difference between David and...

Dear friends, welcome to the blog for the Red Letter Challenge at Trinity! As we begin our first week of the challenge, we are beginning to do our daily readings, starting to gather in our small groups, and holding devotions with our families. As part of this journey together, Pastor Caleb, Taylor Stichler and I will be sharing some of our thoughts each week. You can look forward to Pastor's thoughts on Thursdays and Taylor's on Saturdays. Sometimes they will be in written form and sometimes de...