What a beautiful time of the year!  Spring is usually a fabulous time of transition from our exhaustion with the cold and stark days of winter to the dog days of summer.  I know that many of us actually like the cold and snow, while others of you love the sweaty, intensity of summer (did you catch my bias there?). Regardless, I…

Each and every year, Christians around the world celebrate Easter.  Along with Christmas, Easter is one of the two ‘biggies’ in the church, as it should be.  My concern, however, is this: does familiarity breed contempt, even with the ‘biggies’?  Have we come to the point where these celebrations have become “white noise,” something that is so familiar that we actually don’t…

Questioning “who owns Quest” in not a question we actually ask very often, at least not very often in a clear and concise way, but subtly I think we all wonder who is ‘large and in charge’??? Like many of us who own homes, the property that houses the Quest ‘family’ is still largely owned by the bank 🙂  And just to…

In the 21st century, we are seduced to turn the Christian life into an experience of fun and excitement, into health and wealth, into easy fixes and smooth sailing, or into self fulfillment and acquisition.  The problem comes when it turns out to be not much fun and is less than exciting.  We become disillusioned when health and wealth alludes us.  When…

In recent days, the news has been full of stories about well known, powerful and famous men making giant mistakes and creating enormous problems.  R. Kelly, Robert Kraft, Jussie Smollett, Matt Lauer… to name just a few.  What do each of these men have in common? The lure of the human heart to satisfy our needs in ways that actually create bigger…

If you want an opportunity to visit one of St. Louis’ hidden gems, please join the ladies of Quest at 10a on Saturday, April 6 for a tour of beautiful Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum.  Take in the wonder of a cemetery that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and noted for its contribution to cemetery design in the nineteenth…

It’s official, Quest is cancelling services and events today. The timing of the snow is tricky with the time of our service, but keeping safety at the forefront, cancelling makes sense. However, check the message archive for a video message from Kevin!

Team #1 Report [Jan 27-Feb 4, 2019] Quest’s Haiti Team #1 consisted of Tori Nelson, Kevin Hughes, Kevin Bracey and Steve Haenchen. Also joining the team was Andrew Seley. As always, Bob Shelton was with the group this trip and he brought two additional guests: Chris Polski and Bill Elzilnger – who were introduced to WISH and their mission. Andrew Seley is…

Recently I have been wrestling with the cultural issues of our day.  We live in the midst of tremendous division and conflict all around us.  The political arena seems to have taken on an unfortunate lead position in the divisive and conflictual wrangling in the media, as well as in our communities.  On the other hand, our culture seems to have become…

No. Playing. Favorites. This past Sunday, we were going to continue our series Walk the Walk, but unfortunately the wonderful St. Louis weather had other plans. As we move forward in our study of James, we didn’t want to shortchange this last week’s passage, so we are going to take the newsletter this week to unpack the main ideas of James 2:1-13.…