General

03
Jan

Another Year Is Here

Happy New Year! I pray your holidays were enjoyable and meaningful. Here we are again, at the beginning of a new year with all of its possibilities, hopes, and potential. What are you most excited about as you enter this new year? When your birthday is on the 2nd day…

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27
Jan

Walking With Kids Through Tragedy

Yesterday a tragedy struck our community when beloved Amy Beverland Elementary principal, Susan Jordan, was killed and a couple of students were injured in a bus accident at the school. The impact that Principal Jordan had on this school and our community cannot be overstated. She modeled servant leadership down…

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22
Dec

The Dawn Breaks

The dawn breaks on the longest night of the year. The light of morning pierces into the darkness of night, reminding us of hope’s presence. Many of you have been walking through the longest night of your lives for sometime now. Perhaps it is the loss of a loved one, the…

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17
Sep

Deep to Deep

We all have it. A need and desire for connection. Whether it be a relationship, a thing, or a vice, we are searching for a way to connect. Often times our points of connection don’t go much deeper than the surface and so we find ourselves still longing for something….

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26
May

Non-Millennials Are People Too

I was born 26hrs into the year 1979. My birthday puts me near the divide between “Gen Xers” and the coveted “Millennials.” I say coveted because it seems to be the only demographic the Church is interested in reaching as of late. People born outside the early 1980s to early 2000s are…

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03
Mar

Numbers Matter

Numbers represent people. God cares deeply about people. To suggest numbers don’t matter is silly at one end and a dangerous form of denial on the other. We have made a “personal” relationship with Christ so personal and so subjective that we have few quantitative ways to measure growth within the Church other…

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27
Feb

Messy Wilderness

Lent reminds us of the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, which he was led into. Now wait a second, does this suggest that there are times when God leads us into the wilderness, not just out of it? Yep. And guess what else? The wilderness can be a very…

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24
Feb

More Than Drops

I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34:26) I don’t use the word blessings very often. It’s not that I don’t believe in blessings or that I haven’t been blessed in many ways,…

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20
Feb

Wesley’s Fast

Fasting has never been a spiritual discipline I’ve been very good at practicing. The times I have fasted haven’t been without meaning but haven’t moved me as much spiritually as I would have expected. Honestly, one of the biggest takeaways I’ve had after each time of fasting has been the…

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