Life
What Is Essential?
I bet you’ve been using words you never thought you would use – quarantine, social distancing, pandemic, non-essential. In today’s post, Tony Balsamo is talking about what is actually essential during this time that we couldn’t have expected. Join us for a time of guided prayer and worship on Saturday, May 16th from 10-11:30am. REGISTER…
Read MoreNow What?
Last night at about 11:30 I snuck out our front door, moving along the sidewalk and down my neighbor’s driveway to plant the Gatorade-green “You Are Loved” sign a church member had left for us three days ago. I did not get caught. A week ago, my wife and I produced a four minute…
Read MorePreserving Your Own Heart (And Sanity)
I had a moment this past week that almost broke me… We were recording our service at 7pm. And I couldn’t get my brain to slow down enough to even focus on the blinking cursor in front of me long enough to type a single sentence. I have literally been dreaming at night about…
Read MoreDon’t Doubt What God Can Do In This Temporary New Normal
In the days that we are living in, it can seem so difficult to get up every morning in the middle of what looks and feels like a desert/wilderness kind of place. But as Believers in the midst of this pandemic we must not allow the challenge of what we are facing to tempt us…
Read MoreThis Feels Familiar And I Don’t Like It
Leading through these uncertain times feels familiar. I don’t like it. In my socially separated circles, 2008 is best known for the recession caused by the housing market crash and the Phillies winning the world series. The latter brought me great joy in the midst of chaos and heartbreak. The former didn’t even make…
Read MoreWill God Provide?
In an era when the culture is already changing more rapidly than ever before, it’s amazing how quickly a virus can turn the whole world upside down in a matter of weeks. It has all happened so fast that we are still in the shock of reacting as best we can. However, at night in…
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