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City Church Contributor
May 21, 20203 min read
God's Road Signs, Pt. 3 "Slow"
Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is...
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City Church Contributor
May 20, 20203 min read
God's Road Signs, Pt. 2 "Stop"
Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is...
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City Church Contributor
May 19, 20202 min read
God’s Road Signs – Pt. 1
8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to...
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City Church Contributor
May 15, 20203 min read
Undoing the Stereotype
Colossians 1:9-12 9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be...
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City Church Contributor
May 14, 20202 min read
Only God
Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works...
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City Church Contributor
May 13, 20202 min read
Feeling Stuck in the Valley?
A pandemic. A hurricane. The threat of murder hornets. A wildfire. Family crisis. Just thinking about this can be exhausting and...
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City Church Contributor
May 11, 20202 min read
Trust in the Lord
“Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalms 55:22 All of us have...
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City Church Contributor
May 8, 20202 min read
How Are You?
How are you? This is the question we usually ask right after we say hello to someone we know. Generally, this question is met with a...
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City Church Contributor
May 7, 20202 min read
Are we paying attention
I can be a forgetful person. It is true; ask anyone close to me. I look for my keys, wallet, or phone at least once a day. I forget where...
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City Church Contributor
May 6, 20203 min read
Changing Our Mind
What have you changed your mind on recently? Odd question I know. This past week I was able to attend the Orange Conference from the...
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City Church Contributor
May 5, 20203 min read
Love Like Jesus
It’s May. I’ll say that again, it’s May. So much is happening this month, in particularly this week. Yesterday was Star Wars day and I...
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City Church Contributor
May 1, 20202 min read
The Miracle of Multiplication in Sowing of Reaping
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 30, 20202 min read
The Folly of Reaping without Sowing
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 29, 20202 min read
The Folly of Reaping without Sowing
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 28, 20202 min read
The Folly of Sowing without Reaping – Pt. 2
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 27, 20202 min read
The Undeniable Law of Reaping & Sowing – Pt. 1
Galatians 6:6-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 25, 20202 min read
Bearing With One Another in Love
Ephesians 4:2 Hardship has a way of making us hard. Difficult times can make us difficult. Life’s irritations often make us irritable. If...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Be Last
In the summer of 2013, a year before I was brought on staff as children’s pastor, I was an intern at our church, specifically with the...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 22, 20202 min read
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 7
Mark 4:8, 20 When Trinity and I lived in New Orleans during our seminary years, we served a little country church about an hour north of...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 21, 20202 min read
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 6
Mark 4:7 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 18 Still others, like seed...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 5
Mark 4:5-6 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 17, 20202 min read
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 4
The Whisper of Another Voice Mark 4:3-4; 15 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 3
Mark 4:1-9 “Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 15, 20202 min read
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 2
“Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 14, 20203 min read
Sacred Conversation
In the last 18 months, we have endured 2 seasons of major disruption to our lives. I find it interesting how in both of these...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Fearlessness is Faithfulness
If any of you know me, you know I am a worrier. I might mask it well for others, but fear is something I have always fought with. If you...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 11, 20201 min read
GRACE: God’s Riches At Christ Expense is Sufficient In the Midst of a Pandemic
"The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He showers...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 10, 20202 min read
What if?
Many times, as we look back on a tragic situation, we tend to say, “Can you imagine if that had never happened?!” or “Think of how life...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 9, 20203 min read
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel vision. It’s the type of vision that takes away our ability to see. I believe that’s the definition of irony. See, when we have...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Peace
“Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 7, 20201 min read
Trusting in God’s Love
"From everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him." Psalm 103:17 Most of us are pretty good at worrying,...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 6, 20202 min read
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 5
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 4, 20202 min read
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 4
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 3, 20202 min read
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 3
“He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3 The last 18 months have reminded all of us how tricky and...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 2, 20202 min read
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 2
“He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul;” Psalm 23:2-3 Everyone needs rest. Our...
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City Church Contributor
Apr 1, 20202 min read
God as He Longs for You to See Him
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23 Almost every home cooked meal I enjoyed in childhood had at least one portion...
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City Church Contributor
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Dealing with Disappointment
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Postponed. Cancelled. We...
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City Church Contributor
Mar 30, 20202 min read
The Worst Saturday Ever
“50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who...
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City Church Contributor
Mar 27, 20202 min read
Nothing to Fear…?
From a popular 90’s phrase, “No Fear!” to a Bible fav, “Fear Not!”, there are plenty of voices telling us fear is a bad thing. And yet...
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City Church Contributor
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Praying Beyond Ourselves
1 Timothy 1:1-2 2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings...
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City Church Contributor
Mar 25, 20202 min read
Deciding What’s Essential
Acts 27 18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19 On the third...
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City Church Contributor
Mar 23, 20202 min read
Will You Wither?
Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the...
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