New Beginnings Church

09/07/2026

My daughter and I like Marvel movies.

She’s a bigger fan than I am.

Later this year, a highly anticipated Marvel movie will come out: Avengers: Doomsday.

So early one morning in July, she wakes up, staggers down the stairs with her eyes barely open, and groggily asks me, “Can you get the tickets?”

I answered, “Huh? Tickets for what?”

She said, “Avengers: Doomsday.”

I replied, “The movie doesn’t come out until December.”

She said, “I know. Can you get the tickets?”

(Now, keep in mind that it’s July.)

I asked, “When do the tickets go on sale?”

She answered, “They went on sale five minutes ago.”

(It’s July!)

She said, “Can you just get the tickets before they sell out? They’re going to sell out.”

So what did I do? I bought the tickets—five months early.

And the other day, I looked online just to see how many seats were left for this particular show.

The only seats left are those in the front.

The lesson?

Don’t wait until the day to buy the tickets for the day.

Prepare in the present for what you desire in the future.

09/06/2026

Searching for God in a Sitcom (Deuteronomy 4:29) 9.6.26

09/06/2026

There’s a place for you here. 💜💛💚💙

09/04/2026

Sundays at New Beginnings! 💜💛💚💙

09/04/2026

What can a paper towel roll teach us about God?

09/03/2026

09/02/2026

We know cartoons aren't real. So why don't we read them like they are?

The answer has something to teach us about reading the Bible.

Genre matters.

In Episode 1 of The Good Book Club, we're learning why understanding what kind of literature we're reading can change the way we understand Scripture.

09/02/2026

Yep! There’s a talking donkey in the Bible.

But how are we supposed to read a story like that?

In the first episode of The Good Book Club, we talk about why understanding genre matters when we read the Bible—including the folk story of Balaam and his talking donkey in Numbers.

📖 Episode 1: “Do You Know What You’re Reading?”

Check out the full episode here:
https://youtu.be/WndwH7ekU5Y?si=zQIHGWsM_HpvjfNj

08/31/2026

The other day, after I baked a sweet potato, I grabbed a container of butter out of the fridge.

Now, I had two tubs of butter in there. One was new and unopened. The other tub had just a little left on the sides and in the corners.

I wasn’t about to open the new container until I used all the butter in the old container.

So I grabbed the butter knife and scraped, and scraped, and scraped every corner of the old container until it was bone dry.

I was determined to get every smudge out of that container.

And just as I was determined to get every bit of butter out of the container, so God is determined to get some good out of everything you go through.

God won’t waste a smudge.

God will scrape, and scrape, and scrape to get some good out of the bad.

God can get joy out of the junk, purpose out of your pain, and strength out of your struggle.

08/31/2026

Today we laughed, watched, worshipped, and discovered that God’s timeless truth can be found even in a sitcom.

From The Cosby Show to the Word of God, today was a Sunday to remember!

There’s something about Sunday’s at New Beginnings Church. 💜💛💚💙