Good morning, Chapel Hill! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Gunnar, and I’m one of the pastors here. It’s good to be with you this Sunday. And it’s actually great to be back home after some travel. This last week, all of our pastors and some of our elders attended […]
Read More… from Overcoming Toxic Spiritual Leadership l Luke 12:1-12 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
Back when I was a freshman in high school, I had a youth leader/Chapel Hill elder who mentioned that they knew how to make homemade fireworks. Which I of course found very intriguing. So, I did some supply scavenging that involved a 2L plastic bottle and crystal Drano (not the full recipe) and persuaded said […]
Read More… from Prodigal Son l Luke 15:11-32 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
The other day I invited a friend to breakfast. He’d done something generous for us, saved us a lot of money in the process, and I wanted to thank him. So, we showed up at the appointed hour, ordered our breakfast…and began to tuck in. And just then, I got a call from Cyndi. “Uh…you […]
Read More… from If I Only Had a Heart l Luke 11:37-54 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
Three weeks ago, the latest installment in the Legend of Zelda video game series was launched: Tears of the Kingdom. In 3 days, it sold 10 million copies, making it the fastest selling Nintendo game of all time. We’ve been playing it constantly in our house and it has been the source of much conversation […]
Read More… from Give Me a Sign l Luke 11:27-36 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
Last week Pastor Ellis preached a great message on the Lord’s Prayer in Luke 11. He pointed out the differences between Luke’s version and Matthew’s, which is the one that most Christians pray. Surely Jesus taught on prayer more than once which might explain the slight differences between the two. But there is one difference […]
Read More… from The Strong Man l Luke 11:14-26 l Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor