You Have Been Baptized, So What?

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In many ways we have “dumbed down” the importance and power of Christian Baptism. We have, all too often, turned it into a cultural rite of passage. Something to get…

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The Child Who Leads Us to Joy

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This week we are experiencing how joy is present in Advent. I encourage you to read this entry from Gretchen Thomas that is in our Advent Devotional from this week.…

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For Everything There Is A Season

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Suzanne and I have been co-teaching the Covenant Study Class this fall. This study has focused on looking at how the theme of “covenant” exists throughout the Old and New…

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All Saints: Mourning and Dancing
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All Saints: Mourning and Dancing

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This year, as we move through Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls, I am thinking of those who have lost beloved ones since this time last year. I also want…

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An Article by Pastor Sadell

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There’s a new phrase coined by millennials called “quiet quitting.” Quiet quitting doesn’t mean  someone has actually quit their job. It means they have chosen to do the bare minimum…

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An Article from Pastor Sherman

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On Tuesday, June 7th, CNN reported that the United States was on pace to match or surpass its worst year on record for the number of mass shootings. We have…

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An Article by Meredith Menius

“Trusting God… When Trouble Comes” “Blessed are the ones who wake up mourning. May our tears swell into revolution.” -Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis This is an invitation to allow yourself…

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An Article by Sadell and Sherman Bradley
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An Article by Sadell and Sherman Bradley

In June of 2019, Sherman and I had the pleasure of meeting pastors Doug and Cathy Johns and Brad Aycock, the leader of the Greenhouse Church Planting Network of the…

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I Am the Bread of Life

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Many places in Scripture extol—which means to enthusiastically praise or commend—the faithfulness of God. Lamentations 3: 22-23 says, “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his…

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