An Outward Focus

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org A healthy cell group will be reaching Up, In, and Out. That is, the group will express love to God, love to one another, and reach out in love to a broken world. The most difficult value to practice during the Covid era is to...

The Indestructible Church

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org When the public schools in our area closed in the middle of March 2020 due to Covid, our church suspended in-person worship services. We offered online services, but we did not know when we would be able to gather in-person...

Faith for the Future (Español abajo)

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Each year between Christmas and the New Year I take time to review my journal from the previous twelve months. I look back to discern themes for what God was saying and doing in my life. I also look ahead and make goals...

Changing a Nation

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org In the eighteenth century, England was one of the most powerful nations in the world. Even so, it was in turmoil. A small minority controlled most of the wealth, while most were wretchedly poor. Children as young as five years...

Every Day Church

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org The New Testament tells us that the first Church gathered both as a large group in the Temple and as small gatherings in homes. Acts 5:42 says, “Every day in the temple, and in various homes, they continued teaching and...