COMMUNITY ALLIANCE CHURCH

By Pastor Steve VanAmburg Confessions are good.  I must confess that I’ve found myself driving down the road and I didn’t know where I was.  Can you relate to that?  One time in Athens, GA, I had lost my bearings and pulled into a convenience store to ask for directions.  There was a really sweet young lady that gave me directions that went something like this.  “You drive down the road a bit and turn right at the big oak tree.”  Do you know how many oak trees there are in A

Many years ago, I heard someone share a nugget of wisdom with me.  I don’t remember who they were, but I still remember the wisdom they...

It’s been a few months since I’ve written in my blog.  The reason for the delay was that I had triple bypass surgery at the end of...

“Send It Away So You Can Love Again!”             A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about “Forgiveness.”  I’d like to continue that thought...

“It Is Finished”             It’s been a little bit since my last blog post.  This week I’d like to talk about forgiveness.  There are...

Welcome to the Christmas Season.  We just passed the 2nd week of Advent and lit the candle of Peace.”  Peace is something that our world...

Thanksgiving is almost here, and I must admit it is one of my favorite holidays.  The reason it’s special to me is because it centers...

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been talking about change.  Change can be difficult, it can be good, etc.  I’d like to take a moment...

Ezekiel 36 In some of my last blogs I’ve been talking about change.  Change can be painful, or good.  It can bring out the best in us...

Today is September 11.  It was 23 years ago when terrorists flew into the twin World Trade Towers and the towers came down.  Thousands of...

From Numbers 22    Over the last few weeks, I’ve been talking about “change.”  In some cases, change is necessary to save us from danger...

Last week I started a series about Change.  It goes hand in hand with a series of sermons that I’ll be preaching on about change.  I...

I’m back with another blog based upon some of my personal journey.  Recently one of the jobs I’ve had as a Chaplain at a retirement...

Hebrews 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the...

Matthew 1: 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they...

Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

Leaving A Legacy By Rev. Steve VanAmburg Psalm 116:15 - Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants. As I...

I Corinthians 13: 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging...