We just got back from our retreat to Lake Guntersville. The camp has under gone several improvements which was very nice. The view looking out over the lake is amazing. This year I didn’t get to spend as much time admiring God’s beauty as in years past but this is part of what makes this [...]
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Here is a list of songs that we have played at for our Graduation Videos. Love to see you comment on ones you have used.
Anyway (Martina McBride)
Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson)
Dare You to Move (Switchfoot)
Dream Big (Ryan Shupe)
Extraordinary (Mandy Moore)
Good Riddance (Green Day)
Graduation [...]
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And who is the most important influence when it comes to how teens feel about themselves? Not mom or dad, not even their friends….it’s their boyfriend or girlfriend (if they have one). Interestingly, religion comes second:
- Your girlfriend/boyfriend (84%)
- Your religion (82%)
- Your friends (79%)
- Your parents (74%)
- Your teacher(s) (72%)
- TV shows you [...]
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I am currently reading The New Christians (Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier). On page 17, Tony Jones writes, “The church that doesn’t challenge its members to face the core ethical issues that confront them every day at work is the church that has abdicated its responsibility.”
This statement has been playing a [...]
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In 1 Samuel 8:5 the nation of Israel comes to Samuel and ask for a king to rule them so they can be like all the other nations. In the past when I have read this I have always seen this as a passage that warns of the dangers of wanting to be accepted and [...]
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