Dear Friends, We have made some adjustments to our plans for reopening CrossRoads to in-person services. Please read the following for the details. WhenSunday, October 4, 2020 Times & Length of ServicesServices will be at 8:30 am and 10:30 am …

While in a family zoom meeting including my brother-in-law (a Chittenango native and pastor in Pennsylvania) he recommended we reflect on Psalm 91 considering the pandemic. It is a Psalm that has brought comfort to many who have been engaged …

Scripture records two separate incidents of Jesus and the disciples caught in frightening storms on Galilee. The Sight and Sound presentation “Jesus” graphically portrayed one of them when Jesus was walking on the water and called Peter out of the …

We are a generation that prefers instant gratification.  We want our computers and phones to boot up instantaneously if not faster.  We want to be in shorter waiting lines at stores, no waiting rooms at the doctor’s office and commercial …

Jesus final week was packed with conflict and final instructions.  The gospel records of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have many overlapping accounts of those events and yet the three  “synoptic” gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke (the earlier ones), omit …

When heavily expected outcomes are achieved in sports, a common metaphor is to claim that “David Slew Goliath”.  But it is not just a metaphor, it is a fact of history that David, when about 17 years old, killed a …

As we experience the second week of our “new normal” pace of life with COVID-19 restrictions, it is slowly settling in that this is how life is going to be for a while. As people we know start to get …

The problem of human suffering has been contemplated, discussed and debated for millennia as evidenced by the account of Job, one of the oldest records of the Scriptures. When we experience or observe pain, we want to know why.  We …

Social distancing was not really part of my common vocabulary 3 weeks ago.  In fact most of us would have considered the concept prejudicial or rude.  In the time of Jesus there was a lot of social distancing.  Everyone kept …