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The One Thing you Need to Do to Keep the Faith in College
The bike ride has become legendary among my wife and children, the kind of story that seems to increase in dramatic effect with each re-telling. Just a day or two into my freshman year at James Madison University, I mounted my bike and navigated to what was then the...
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Building wisdom in a fast-info world
I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I love the way it connects me with people and lets me stay in touch with friends and family all over the world. I also love the way it connects me to information at the touch of a finger (or a "Hey Siri!"). I hate,...
Friday soup kitchen to begin in September
Exciting changes are coming with the re-opening of our Soup Kitchen. We will be back inside Showker Hall and tentatively will begin in September. Tuesday Soup Kitchen has been served during the COVID pandemic by preparing 25 bagged-lunch meals and meeting guests...
Worship is the cornerstone of our connection
“WE will sing unto the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with US.” Wow. This last year has been quite a marathon of experiences. In June, we celebrated a full year of being back in worship together physically every Sunday. Over the last few weeks, we have slowly...
Showing Jesus to the next generation
Earlier this summer, I learned that my high-school journalism teacher, one of the most important mentors in my life, had died late last year. In the days that followed, I reconnected with friends from those days I hadn’t talked to since we graduated, and in our online...
Singing, even when the words don’t feel true
Sometimes when it’s my turn to clean the dishes, I pop in my headphones and turn on a worship station on Pandora. That’s what I was doing a few weeks ago when a Getty song came on, one with lyrics that are all about how my worth is not found in anything but Jesus. I...
A Partnership We Can Learn From in Alaska
I just wrapped up 10 amazing days filling in for Rev. Joey Chang with our partners at Kake Memorial Presbyterian Church in Alaska. It has given me much to think about, but for today I want to reflect on the value of partnerships like the one we have with Kake...
Courtyard Update: Construction Delayed, but Progress is Happening
The Courtyard Committee knows that everyone is getting anxious for the completion of the Courtyard. No one is more eager to see it completed than the members of the Courtyard Committee. As you are aware, construction of any project during the pandemic has been fraught...
Where are we going?
My son and I have driven to the baseball park a lot during the past few months, he as a Little League player and me as an assistant coach for his team (go Giants!). Most times, we play on the same field each game, but one night, we were assigned a field on the other...
We need to be connected. Here’s one way how.
As human beings, God created us to live in relationship with others. We want to belong, we want to be connected. Whether we’re kids on the playground wanting to be picked for a game, youth wanting to be included in this group or that team, whether it’s college...
Where does technology fit in with our faith?
This sabbatical has been a huge blessing on so many levels one of which is the opportunity it has afforded me to think deeply. One of the things I’ve been thinking more deeply about is the proper place for virtual or digital technology in the Church and life of faith...