A Blog on Titus 2:7-8
Leading when you are young is a strange, intense paradox that I’m learning about in real time. It is an unsettling and humbling experience to be given the responsibility to lead people who are older and more experienced in life and their Christian walk. It is into this difficult situation that Paul speaks to Titus […]
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Introduction & Approach to Revelation
The upcoming 40th anniversary of CVC, combined with a recent need to pass a local fire safety examination, brought about some fascinating discoveries in our building. In many of our third-floor offices, we have deep cubby holes that serve as long-term storage. To prepare for the fire inspection, we had to clear them all out. […]
Missing the Family Meal?
Some of my best childhood memories happened around a big table just off the kitchen in my childhood home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A sign on a wall said, “Christ is the Head of this home, the unseen Guest at every meal, the silent Listener to every conversation.” I was the youngest of 3 boys. Bill […]
Seven Days of Prayer for our Elders
In the New Testament, we see several major passages that deal with elder qualifications: Titus 1:5-9; I Timothy 3:1-7; I Peter 5:1-5; Acts 20:17-38; II Timothy 4:1-5; and Hebrews 13:7, 17, 24. Monday: Pray for Their Character Titus 1:5-9; I Timothy 3:1-7 Pray that our elders would be above reproach in their private and public […]
Wallings Road Traffic Update
Hello CVC family, We wanted to make sure you’re aware that, beginning May 11 and lasting for approximately two months, there will be a temporary traffic pattern change on East Wallings Road. During this time, the stretch of E. Wallings Road between Brecksville Road (SR 21) and I-77 will be one-way only, westbound. We know […]
A Letter From Pastor Joe
Last week my wife and I had the opportunity to celebrate my mom’s birthday by taking her and my dad to Playhouse Square to see Suffs. Suffs is a musical about the American women’s suffrage movement and the activists who fought for the right to vote leading up to the 19th Amendment. It was incredible! […]
Day 40
Lamentations 3:31–41 // Waiting with hope // Dean Siley Lamentations is not a book we rush toward. It speaks from the ruins—from grief that has not been resolved, from suffering that cannot be quickly explained. And yet, in the middle of this long poem of loss, we hear a quiet, steady insistence: “For the Lord […]
Day 39
Romans 6:1–11 // Alive to God // Josh Hamm We have entered into a “death and life” situation! Not “life and death” – but “death and life”! The difference here is everything according to Paul in Romans 6. Before we knew Jesus it was truly “life and death.” What I mean is, our life always […]
Day 38
Psalm 22:1–24 // Honest suffering before God // Dale Piscura The psalm represents a heartcry from the sufferer to His God. HIs agony and His desperation are expressed without reservation. He experiences a sense of being forsaken. Forsaken-abandoned, forgotten, deserted. The help that has always been sufficient and on time has vanished. His cries are […]
Day 37
John 12:23–26 // Life through surrender // Kristy Klasa I’ve heard it said about self-esteem that some people think too much of themselves, and others think too little of themselves—and both types of people are thinking of themselves too much. I’ve certainly found that to be true. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been […]
Day 36
Isaiah 53:1–6 // The suffering servant // Joe Valenti During my years in youth ministry, I collected a handful of icebreaker questions that could be pulled out when needed. One of the most reliable was, “If you could have any superpower, what would it be?” I’ve heard plenty of answers over the years—strength, speed, invisibility, […]
Day 35
Psalm 118:19–29 // Entering with trust and praise // Joe Valenti At the center of this section of Scripture is verse 22 – “the stone that the builders rejected has no become the cornerstone.” What was once thrown to the side and seemingly unusable has now become the most important stone in the lot. This […]
