Very Subtle
If you are like me, having grown up in church hearing incredible bible stories of God’s amazing feats of power you may have developed a...
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Nick Vleisides
- Aug 10
- 3 min
Freeeeeedom!
If you ever watched the movie Braveheart, you’ll never forget the ending scene where William Wallace (played by Mel you know who !)...
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Nick Vleisides
- Jul 19
- 3 min
A Miracle?
I knew it. The paramedics knew it. The doctors and nurses knew it. The only one who didn’t know it was the father of the nine-year-old...
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Nick Vleisides
- May 21
- 3 min
It Changes You
It changes you. Hundreds and hundreds of times. I can’t really count how many times over the past 25 years I’ve stood in the space...
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Nick Vleisides
- May 10
- 1 min
Is It Fair To Ask?
Someone I love is going through a very difficult time. We all know someone. It may be ourselves. We want to pray for God to do...
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Nick Vleisides
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Bedtime Mysteries
Nothing comes from nothing. There must be something before nothing. Or Someone? Bedtime is often when I face the mysteries of faith. ...
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Nick Vleisides
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Can You Imagine?
Can you imagine this? Let’s have some fun today. Maybe you’ve had this wonder which entered your contemplative mind some time in your...
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Nick Vleisides
- Mar 20
- 4 min
LET'S GO EAT!!
I went to see Lyle Lovett in concert the other night. He was playing here in town just a few miles from home. The first time Heidi and...
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Nick Vleisides
- Feb 19
- 5 min
On the Edge, Leaning Into the Mystery
Over the years, especially the years where I served as a youth pastor, associate pastor and lead pastor in three different churches, I...
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Nick Vleisides
- Jan 11
- 3 min
A Life About Nothing??
Seems to me, looking back in history, every generation has had concerns about their “youth.” Perhaps it was that the youth of the day...
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Nick Vleisides
- Dec 19, 2023
- 4 min
Glimmer of Hope
"Do you have a faith or faith community?” I asked the young woman. Who gets asked that at 3AM in the morning, right? Someone who found...
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Nick Vleisides
- Nov 17, 2023
- 2 min
We See YOU God!
God doesn’t stop war from happening. God doesn’t stop from happening cancer, strokes, dementia, Alzheimer’s, birth defects, diabetes,...
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Nick Vleisides
- Oct 10, 2023
- 5 min
DOES THE DEVIL REALLY MAKE US DO IT?
While watching a few football games last weekend I noticed that there is yet another Exorcist movie coming out and Hollywood is sure...
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Nick Vleisides
- Aug 25, 2023
- 3 min
WHO DONE IT?
There was a time, early in my Christian years after “coming back to the Lord,” where my father had a tendency to apply a bit of cynicism...
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Nick Vleisides
- Jul 26, 2023
- 4 min
I Wonder
It’s ok to wonder about things, right? Some of us, the older we get, find ourselves wondering about things in deeper or new ways unlike...
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Nick Vleisides
- Jun 12, 2023
- 4 min
How Do You Do This?
On occasion I am called to our local hospital when our fire department transports a patient, and they think a chaplain will be needed and...
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Nick Vleisides
- May 31, 2023
- 2 min
Just Sing
I’ve been reading through the Psalms the past few months. One a day. I love how simplicity and perplexity create a tension all the way...
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Nick Vleisides
- May 4, 2023
- 2 min
Interesting
A few days ago, I started reading from the Gospel of Luke a chapter a day with an interest to simply to better understand Jesus and what...
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Nick Vleisides
- Apr 7, 2023
- 3 min
Sunday Is Better
Happy Good Friday! Wow. That sounds weird. Happy Good Friday. Today, we remember the actual day Jesus was tortured and crucified....
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Nick Vleisides
- Mar 9, 2023
- 3 min
Tribute to Mom
I desire to be at peace with this God who is so often seemingly unknowable. Despite all we think we know about God, and all the nuances...
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