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We’re right at three months of church life together now. And it’s been wonderful in so many ways! It is easy to pause in this season to say thank you to all of the many people who have been part of this journey so far. I’M GRATEFUL FOR YOU! And that gratitude is what propels us to move forward with big hopes for the future! Over the last few weeks we’ve shared some insights with you about what we’re working on with our relationship with NFC and more. I want to lay out a littl

There was energetic christian music, awesome/inspiring speakers, games that brought people together, and even a rain storm inside the conference center last weekend for Pilgrimage 2025! It was a joy to join the youth for one of their nights of worship and to see our own Maddie performing an amazing dance of her own choreography (we’ll get a copy of the dance to share with you)! I’m looking forward to tomorrow, November 16, where a couple of the youth will get to share their e

My wife can’t park in the garage right now. And thankfully it’s not because we turned that space into storage. The problem is a whole kingdom has take my garage by siege! We’ve been slowly ordering a some new things for the house and now there’s a collection of large boxes, ripe for play. My daughters’ imagination have created gates and towers and gardens all throughout the area and most days I’m not privy to the password to get in my own house! It’s a wonderland if you know

If I had just told you this story, you’d say to me, “show me pictures or it didn’t happen.” So I brought a picture (shared with permission). His names Jennings - Jeff Jennings . And in this picture you can clearly see this wonderful man using a scanner at the fair to play laser tag! Yes. Hiding behind a box, at one point a folding chair, and running around this big tent. He went all in! On the other side of the tent is his opponent, Susan (check FB for a video of these two!).

Build a longer table - the task given to those who have more fortune than others. The image above is a sister church in Pittsboro ( TLC ) hosting a community meal, and I think it captures this phrase well. The full phrase is attributed to an unknown author, which is unfortunate because I would love to read more about what this person had to say. Our world could really use motives like this today. But I’ll move on from the complaining quickly to acknowledge: just because we d

Scott Erickson is one of my favorite artists. If you come by the house you’ll see half a dozen pieces of art that Scott has done. Check his work out! But he’s also a great public speaker, and he tells this story about a butterfly (butterfly cosplay from my daughters above). He asks the crowd, “ do you know what happens in a chrysalis for a caterpillar to turn into a butterfly? ” Well do you? I sure didn’t! And what was more surprising was why I had never wondered about it. I

Last weekend I was in Charlotte for the Beyond Conference gathering. A group of New Faith Community pastors like myself travelled to hear inspiring words about the future of the church and find practical advice on how to answer the question, “where is God working today?” (more on this in a moment). Above is two of my favorite speakers from this conference, Gail Song Bantum and Lisa Yebuah - CPO and Pastor respectively of SERT in Raleigh. One thing that inspired me from thes