Mark Sorensen

As I gave the message on “New Creation” in our Long Story Short series, there was something I wanted to share but didn’t. It just didn’t feel like it was the right time. But now? On …

“Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” – Luke 24:27 In the 1880s, French artist Georges Seurat introduced an art form unlike …

I loved, loved, loved the launch of our latest Harvest series, “Long Story Short,” that began last Sunday. Remember, in this series we’re moving through the Bible in six movements: Creation, the Fall, Israel, Jesus, …

Since 2006, a group of people have celebrated an important event around the New Year. It’s called “Good Riddance Day.” Participants gather and write down unpleasant, painful or embarrassing memories from the past year and …

It was from a Nazi prison cell in 1943, just weeks before Advent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and theologian, wrote the following to a friend: A prison cell in which one waits, hopes, does …

I loved Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I would hop out of bed and plant myself in front of the TV and get my weekly fill of Looney Tunes cartoons. Anyone else remember …

Grace and peace, friends. Let me share a passage from a book that I have been re-reading recently that I have loved. The book is Present Over Perfect, by Shauna Niequist. In it, she talks …

As I went for my walk last Monday morning, I left the house and heard the weatherman had mentioned “fog in the area” on my way out the door. I didn’t get far before I …

Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on a business and make money.’ Why you do not even know what will …

I’m pretty certain we were the only adults without kids sitting in the recent showing of Christopher Robin, the movie. The premise is pretty simple: In Christopher Robin’s younger days, he had imaginary friends named …

This past Monday, ABC started their new season of Dancing with the Stars. Did anyone catch that? I have to confess. I have always been fascinated with this reality show. It’s one of my favorites, …

I was standing in line behind someone at a coffee shop this morning, and they leaned over to me and said, “Hey Pastor, this James series is stepping on my toes.” I couldn’t agree more. Yet, …

Last Sunday we kicked off our new series on the New Testament letter of James called, Faith that Works. I love the wisdom we find in James’ words to the early church and how it …