This Week at Little Hills
Pastor Tim is celebrating Christmas in July by thinking about how God gives us gifts available all year long, not just at Christmas.
Are We Keeping Track of Our Strangeness?
Proverbs challenges us to be aware of where we are leaving the gracious confines of God’s way. The trouble for us is that we don’t even notice as we wander.
Hurling Chunks of Concrete
It’s easy to be busy with the Christian life—programs, good intentions, real effort—and still be missing the one thing that keeps it all from exploding. In Ephesians 1:15–16, Paul looks at believers whose faith in Jesus is visibly pouring out as love toward one another, and what he does in response is the piece we most often skip.
This Week at Little Hills
Did the sacraments matter to God? Let’s think about that.
Mushrooming Righteousness
We can’t always discern in the moment what’s right and wrong on our own. We need to be focused on God’s glory so we can see where the dangerous paths are.
Where Did You Hear About Us?
We fall into measuring our place with God by how much Scripture we know or how “spiritual” we sound. Paul tells us the real measure is somewhere else: “the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” What changes when we remember that the Christian journey began by hearing what God has done not what we do?
Doing Something isn't Wisdom, Doing the Right Thing Is
The World says, “if you don’t know what to do just do something.” God says, “if you don’t know what to do, follow me.”
Why You're Really Here
In the movies, every important meeting starts with a clear “You may be wondering why I’ve called you here today.” Real meetings leave you guessing the whole time—and sometimes long after. We often treat God’s Word the same way, yet Ephesians 1 addresses the question head-on: why are you here?
This Week at Little Hills
How much of the truth in the world is from God?
A String to Our Purpose
We have so many different directions we could follow, but God has a particular one for us that allows us to be part of a masterpiece rather than a cacophony.
Stop Reaching Between the Boulders
We keep reaching for more—a better version of the Christian life, a deeper secret, some upgrade that will finally make everything click—when Ephesians 1 says God has already lavished wisdom and insight on us and made known the mystery of His will. What does it look like to actually live in that, rather than keep reaching past it?
Maybe I Just Wanna Be Dumb
If the wisdom the world offers so often seems to point to doing the wrong thing, do we want to give up on wisdom entirely?
Wrong Turn, No Return
We turn onto the lane that looks like home, only to find barriers on both sides and nowhere left to go. Foot still on the accelerator, locked on the road to death, the only hope we have is mercy—and Ephesians 1:7 speaks right into that place: in him we have redemption through his blood.
We Need to Draw by Number
We try to draw out what reverence and recognition of God looks like, but our drawings end up a mess unless we let God guide us.
Chosen Before Everything Changed
We live in a world of constant flux, where nothing is truly stable and even the things that feel permanent haven’t been around that long. Yet Ephesians 1 takes us further back than any of it: God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.
This Week at Little Hills
Greg helps us to think about what Jesus does for us through His death and Resurrection.
Is Wisdom Worth Searching for?
As we return to Proverbs this summer, we look to Proverbs 2. The challenge in seeking wisdom is that the results often take time — are they worth the wait?
Part of a Complete Breakfast
We’ve all felt the crash that follows a sugar high—the emotional win, the reassuring word, the earthly success that lifts us for a moment before the bottom drops out again. Paul knew that feeling too, which is why he doesn’t merely greet the Ephesians with good wishes but with something that doesn’t fade: “grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
We are Never Between God's Love
The truth of Pentecost is that we live between the Ascension and Jesus’s return, but we do not live between God’s love.
A Fed Bear Is a Dead Bear
We all know what it’s like to chase after things that look like they’ll satisfy—achievements, credentials, the sense that we’ve finally earned our place. Ephesians 1:1 stops that chase cold, pressing the question of where our calling and our life as God’s people actually come from.