Posts by gill@newcrossing.org

Week 1, November 26 – Zechariah – Luke 1:5-25 God had promised his special nation Israel that he would send his messiah, a savior, THE Savior. David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea, Micah, and Zechariah record prophetic promises about Jesus’ heritage, birth, life, identity, power, message, death, burial, and resurrection. But by the time Jesus came, God had been silent for 400 years. There had been no new prophetic words or messages for four centuries and many generations. The faithful among…

Radio Devotional on KSUN 103.5 Monday: Holy, Holy, Holy Good Monday Morning!  I’m Gill Robertson, one of the pastors at New Crossing Church.  I thought this week we could talk about hymns.  I grew up singing lots of hymns – in church every Sunday, sometimes in the morning and evening services.  But also we sang hymns at school.  We had an all-school assembly every morning at which one of the teachers would tell us the announcements for the day, the…

To Lent or Not to Lent? Next Wednesday (March 1) is Ash Wednesday, and that marks the beginning of Lent.  But what exactly is Lent? If you grew up in a Catholic or traditional protestant denomination, you may have been to an Ash Wednesday service and had ashes painted on your forehead in the sign of the cross.  You may have given up chocolate or movies or chewing gum during lent.  And you may have wondered what this was all…

Advent Daily devotionals featured on 103.5 KSUN by Associate Pastor Gill Robertson Monday In many Christian traditions, the four weeks leading up to Christmas are called Advent.  This is a time when we look forward to celebrating God sending his son to be born right here on planet earth, still totally God, but also 100% human, one of us.  For many of us our anticipation is mixed with excitement about family gatherings, fun holiday events, favorite Christmas foods, lights and…

Monday Good morning!  I’m Gill Robertson, Associate Pastor at New Crossing Church. Last Christmas, my husband gave me a book of poems, written by one of my favorite authors, Eugene Peterson.  He’s the guy who wrote The Message translation of the Bible, using everyday 21st Century language.  If you have a copy or have heard it read, you know he has a way of bringing out the reality and relevance of God’s truth in the words he uses.  So I…

Monday – Gratitude is an Attitude and Grumbling Becomes a Habit Good morning this is Craig Robertson from New Crossing Church.  If I asked you to give me a list of the things that could be going better, whether relationships or circumstances, I’m guessing you could come up with a list fairly quickly.  Once you’d told me all about them, how would you feel?  Dissatisfied?  Overwhelmed?  Pessimistic?  Perhaps jealous of those who don’t have these issues? At the same time,…

Here are the daily devotionals from Jason Jennings, Men’s Ministry Leader, that were featured on KSUN 103.5: Monday – Faith My name is Jason Jennings, mens’ minstry leader from New Crossing Church, in Sun Prairie. I want to speak on one word today, and that word is faith. It’s the most powerful word I know. Faith always precedes victory and it never travels alone. It is the only thing I know of that can walk into any hopeless situation, and…

American Idols – Isaiah 46 – Radio Devotionals Monday Who are your favorite idols?  Are you watching the last couple of weeks of American Idol, rooting for your favorite, devastated if they don’t make it?  Do you have sports idols, movie idols, or home improvement idols? Some time when you have nothing better to do, if you look up the word “idol,” you’ll find it has 2 meanings.  One of the meanings is the one we’re using when we talk…

“God Gesundheit!” Have you ever wondered why we say “Gesundheit!” when someone sneezes? Literally is the German word for “health” and we say it to wish someone good health when they sneeze because maybe they are getting sick. The more common phrase is, “Bless you!” But as far as I know well wishing has never cured sickness. Imagine if saying gesundheit actually did cure people. How fragrant that would be. The origin of the saying “Bless you” goes far back…

I am… Daily Devotionals featured on 103.5 KSUN by Pastor Gill Monday, February 22 A friend told me recently that she really likes hanging out with people who ask good questions – the huh? kind of questions that make you think about life a little differently.  When we think about faith, one of the most helpful questions we can ask is, “Who is Jesus?”  Because when we get a clear picture of who Jesus is, a lot of other spiritual…

Love is….. Daily devotionals featured on 103.5 KSUN by Pastor Craig Friday, February 12 Valentines Day is Sunday and we have been looking at love and romance. We looked at Paul’s love poetry from 1 Corinthians 13 and discovered what love is, and what love is not. “Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of…