Mark Sorensen

Grace and peace, friends. What an unprecedented time we are all living in. The phrase I have heard repeated over and over is “uncharted territory.” While I agree with that statement in relationship to COVID-19 …

A Native American was walking down the street with a businessman one day when the Native American stopped and said, “Do you hear that?” The businessman replied, “Hear what?” “The crickets.” “Crickets,” the businessman replied, …

George Mueller, a great Christian evangelist and director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England, was one of the great men of faith who knew and practiced the power of prayer in his life. …

I loved reading a story told by pastor Charles Swindoll found in his book, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity. In his book, he tells the story of a young man who had been lost in the …

In his book, The Pursuit of Excellence, Ted Engstrom tells the story of a preacher who had saved up enough money to buy a few inexpensive acres of land. In the middle of the acreage …

In the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, we follow the story of Frodo, a brave but vulnerable hobbit, who has inherited a deadly ring from his cousin, Bilbo Baggins. …

You know, cement – in order to become concrete – must be mixed with sand and water. Having done several mission projects in the past, it’s a process, to say the least. It takes a …

“The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.” – Dr. E.T. Sullivan In the Gospel of Luke, before the singing of angels …

Grace and peace, friends. Last Sunday, we wrapped up our series Grace’s Table with a word on trusting in the provision of God. There were three central truths we found in the Abraham and Isaac …

Friends, There’s a scene I love from C.S. Lewis’ story, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Just after the children enter the magical world of Narnia, a family of beavers gives them shelter from …

I’m going to let you in on a little “post-Harvest-sermon” Sunday afternoon tradition that I have: After a blessed morning of worship and preaching, I go home, eat some lunch and then crawl under my …

Grace and peace, friends. As I was leaving the church parking lot after last Sunday’s message, someone yelled at me from across the parking lot, “Hey pastor. Tell God to stop stepping on my toes!” Don’t …

Grace and peace, friends. I pray this message finds you all well. I recently connected with a friend who I graduated high school with and as I greeted him, I asked how he was doing. …

Have you ever heard of the Japanese art form called ? It’s quite beautiful. Originally believed to have begun over 400 years ago, Kintsugi involved taking broken pieces of pottery and putting them back together. …