Joined at the Vine – The Practice of Connecting to the Source of Life
Sometimes at the most tragic moments of life, we need something fun, something funny, something entertaining to pull us back from the dead and dying into the life we are living. So, I have figure...
Mission: What If Blessing Is Our Job?
When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you...
Mission: What If There’s More To Do?
We have talked a lot about mission over the past few weeks. Here’s a recap… Mission is the sending of God to the world. We don’t bring God or Christ to others, God is already...
Mission: What If We Are Just Fixing Fish?
I want you to imagine for a moment. Imagine that a group of Christian missionaries from Israel came to Dunn, NC. And they looked around and they saw this great building and they observed our...
Mission: What If God Is Already There?
We spent a good amount of time last year working on our church mission statement. Our mission is to serve Christ by mutually supporting one another and embodying God’s grace and love for all This...
Lord, Do We See You?
Look at the image above and try to read it. It’s interesting that your brain can put this together into a phrase! Even though words are mispelled, you are still able to recognize the words. ...
in God, Identity, Transformed
Change – Seeing Again For The First Time
I have a somewhat unpopular and uncomfortable topic today. Are you ready for it? Okay, here it is: God can change. Folks often talk about how God can change us humans. But we don’t often...
in Community, Grace, Serving Others
Serving – You Have The Power To Heal
Read with me the Story of Simon’s Mother-In-Law from Mark 1:29-31. It’s kinda sad that in over 2000 years when a couple of guys walk into someone’s home they have no clue how to fend...
Discovering The Power In Your Life
Have you ever got a new pet? And struggled with training it? Joanie and I got our first dog a month or so after we got engaged. He was a beagle mix. We named him...