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Pastor’s Corner 

It’s that time of year again—when hundreds of thousands of people will make the drive north to witness the turning of the leaves. There’s something awe-inspiring about it, yet also mysterious: why is it that something can become most beautiful just before it dies?

The Christian life isn’t all that different. For a time, we walk through life thinking we have it all together. But then the Holy Spirit gently reveals the truth of our condition: we are sinners in desperate need of a Savior. And it is not until we “die to self” that we truly begin to live.

Just as autumn leaves display their richest colors before falling, our surrender to Christ allows His beauty to shine through us. Death to self is not the end—it is the beginning of real life, eternal life, in Him.

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” – Luke 9:23