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Sharing Stories for Healing

7 Jul 2020July 7, 2020

Stories are powerful. They create empathy, challenge our assumptions, and, when we choose to listen, they can unite us in a common bond by revealing our shared humanity across our…

PLan B

5 Jul 2020July 1, 2020

Harry Truman didn’t care at all about his legacy. On January 21, 1953, he returned to Independence, Missouri, and retired to his home. Residents would see him walking, walking stick…

God is

Just a few nights ago, Jackson, Carter, and I went out star hunting. That’s something we love to do: go and find a great view of the night sky with…

And God’s Banner Over Me Is Love | Non-Transactional Relationships

21 Jun 2020June 29, 2020

My old neighborhood in Cartersville was one of those covenant neighborhoods. We owed $400 per year to the neighborhood association. For those dues, we received access to three pools, a…

New Partnership: Feeding Dodge County

Since the pandemic an resulting economic downturn began, we have sought to address the increased hunger among our neighbors. Our efforts made a difference and I’m grateful for how you…

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Update | Survey Results

15 Jun 2020June 15, 2020

Thank you to all who completed our worship survey. The results are in and were very helpful in thinking through what worship looks like until we can fully reopen. We…

Active Listening to God

14 Jun 2020June 12, 2020

Listening is powerful. I was unaware of that for much of my life. I wanted to talk, I wanted to tell people what was what. I approached counseling that way.…

Where do We Begin?

7 Jun 2020June 6, 2020

Where do we begin? Today, the news is heartbreaking. Violence has erupted in our streets. This is the worst civil unrest our country has known since the summer of 1968.…

Update on Reopening

4 Jun 2020June 4, 2020

A few weeks ago, I wrote to share with you the Operation Council's decision to not reopen until we can be fully open. In light of Governor Kemp's extension of…

Gifted Spiritually

31 May 2020May 26, 2020

Over Memorial Day weekend, we built Jackson and Carter a treehouse. Jack has been asking for one for four years. When he first asked, I knew we were moving from…

Never Alone

24 May 2020May 18, 2020

One of my first conscious memories is a song, Stand By Me, by Ben E. King. I’m not sure why that particular song, I’m not sure where I picked it…

To an Unknown God

17 May 2020May 15, 2020

In seminary, I took a brilliant class on the Old Testament. The professor was comparing and contrasting the enlightenment idea of a nation-state with ancient Israel’s self-conception. It was highly…

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Scheduling Update

12 May 2020May 12, 2020

As our community begins to show signs of opening up again, the Operations Council and I have been considering our own plans for reopening. Our bishop, Lawson Bryan, has encouraged…

What’s Next?

10 May 2020May 7, 2020

I discovered the West Wing later in life, several years after it had ceased airing new episodes. I binged it while in graduate school at James Madison University. While studying…

Where Do You See the Light?

3 May 2020May 3, 2020

This is the week the quarantine ate our family. I can’t really explain why. For six weeks, we did okay. Dana and I both had hard moments of stress, concerned…

Whatever you do, Do it in Love | April 26, 2020

26 Apr 2020April 26, 2020

Link to take survey stating your family's plan to practice sabbath: Click here A pillar of his community. That’s how a young man described himself. In the 1960s in Italy,…

Ministry Opportunity

Serve Dodge | Giving Away Food

23 Apr 2020April 23, 2020

The basics: If you would like to donate nonperishable food items, drop those off this Sunday, 3-5pm, at the kitchen at church If you would like to donate money to…

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Church Update | April 22, 2020

Often, I think of the verse from 1 John that says "love casts out fear." In the midst of this time, love is the best way that we can cast…