Posts by Mark Casella

In the mid-1800’s, a young Irishman named Joseph Scriven was engaged to be married to a young lady. On the day before the wedding, he rode out to meet his fiancé at a river. Upon arriving, he was devastated to learn that her horse had been startled and thrown her into the water, where she drowned. He said later, “The bottom of my world seemed to disappear.” He turned to…

“I may never know why this happened to me on this side of eternity. But even though I don’t have all the answers, I’ve learned that God will never leave me – and that he can take a broken heart and mend it back together again.” – Me Ra Koh, “Beauty Restored” “Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7).…

One of the most unique and important blessings of living a Christian life is fellowship. More than a meal we might share, the word “fellowship” is used in the Bible to describe the sharing or partnership we all have as members of the body of Christ. Fellowship is a sharing of our faith with each other. In Philemon 6, Paul writes, “I pray that the fellowship of your faith…

I’m not sure about you, but I know that my boys enjoy a nice peanut butter and jam sandwich for their lunch a lot of the time. Growing up I would skip the jam and have a nice thick layer of peanut butter. I could eat a ton of them. But, back to the kids. Not only do they enjoy a good peanut butter and jam sandwich, my oldest son has started to assemble the sandwich on his…

Good Morning and welcome to the Northeast Church of Christ. We are glad that you are with us this morning. Our hope is that during your time here this morning that you will worship God with us, dive into His Word together, and be encouraged by the people around you.             Today in our sermon we will look at…

Have you ever been in a situation where a button is right in front of you and you don’t know what it does? You want to push the button, but you are unsure of the consequences?             Well, in Acts chapters 6 and 7, we are introduced to a young man named Stephen. Acts 6:5 shows us that he was chosen because of his…

Have you ever found yourself with nothing to say? It probably doesn’t happen to often to you, but I’m sure we can all relate to the feeling of not knowing what to say at the time. Perhaps a tragedy has just happened in the life of someone you know? Or maybe a kid asks you a question you were not ready for and have no idea what to say back. Or you could be the shy one and…

This past week we were blessed with the opportunity to participate in the 99th Harding Lectureship. The theme this year circled around the book of 1 Corinthians and looked at the Crucified Christ who was risen from the dead. I could talk for hours about all the things mentioned in classes and keynote lessons but I wanted to share a few things to help us fill our spiritual…

My camp buddies and I couldn’t believe it. Those sneaky girls had raided our church camp bathhouse. Toilet paper hung from the rafters, debris littered the floor, and our bath towels were on the roof. Our first thought was revenge. How could we get back AT THEM in a way that would be even worse…

Reliable help is something that isn’t easy to come by at times. Often times when we ask for help something comes up for those we needed the help from, sometimes they don’t have the ability to help out… and that is ok, sometimes they forget about helping even when they said they would do it, and occasionally, if we are being honest, sometimes we are just too lazy to want…