Posts from May 2022
Victory News – May 27, 2022
PASTOR’S MESSAGE Hi Friends, As the news of the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX went viral, we experienced a collective despair. A fog of hopelessness hung in the air. We have so many questions: How could this happen? Where is God? What can we do about this? (We will address these questions in our upcoming podcasts, available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Spotify.) For now we grieve, but as the Apostle Paul writes, We don’t grieve as the rest…
Victory News – May 20, 2022
MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT Hi Friends, There are a lot of fun things I’ve gotten to do as a part of my job at Victory. I get to write posts like this, make ridiculous videos with my co-workers, connect with people on social media, and more. While I’m excited to return to teaching, I’m going to miss a lot about being a Comm Director. But one part I won’t miss is programming our outdoor sign. Every time I have to program…
Victory News – May 13, 2022
Pastor’s MESSAGE Hi Friends, I would like to give you some homework before Sunday’s worship service: Watch the movie Inside Out. If you have seen it already, consider watching it again. What I love about this movie is that it teaches that all our emotions have a purpose. From a Christian perspective, we would say that all our emotions are gifts from God. Our emotions help us respond to and process our experiences. If we are emotionally healthy, each emotion helps us…
Victory News – May 6, 2022
PASTOR’S MESSAGE Hi Friends, When I was about 12 years old, my father and I went out into the desert of El Paso to practice shooting our shotguns. When we found the perfect sand dune for our back stop, my dad pulled over to the side and stopped. And I jumped out of the front seat of the pickup to get the shotguns out of the back. But when I was midair, I saw a coiled-up rattlesnake right there on…