Last week, while Chris was traversing our continent visiting Anchorage and Tacoma, I took our kids to Atlanta to visit family.  This is going to sound strange to some of you, but it’s actually fun for homeschooled kids to go to school on their vacation.  Not their regular school, but “real school.”  In Atlanta, our…

If you’re like me you have had countless responses to the snow in the last few days…from joy to frustration. But what about awe…what about wonder….what about worship? I’m serious, has the snow over the last few days moved you to worship God, the Creator and Sustainer of all? If not, maybe it should. How…

Sounds like a narrative for children, right? Uh…wrong.   On the first night of our training here at Soma Communities, I, along with 30 other church planters and leaders could not wait to get into the first session.  Anticipating this week for quite a while, we were excited like 3rd graders on the first day back to…

There was no last minute call to make this time…today I recieved a phone call from the City of Richmond telling me that they are canceling all scheduled events in the city schools tomorrow. Richmond, along with Chesterfield County and Henrico County are locking down the schools on Sunday. So, once again, take this opportunity…

Alright Redemption Hill…here’s the deal. The powers that be are anticipating anywhere from 6-12 inches of snow for us between Saturday morning and Sunday morning. So, stay tuned to this site tomorrow for updated info about our service on Sunday. If we have to cancel, remember to use the opportunity to worship with your family…

One of the most powerful ways that you can be engaged in the restoration of this devastated nation is through prayer. As Americans, or as sinners really, we have been able to construct a church culture and system that relies on our best efforts and innovations with very little dependance on the Holy Spirit. To…

Throughout this week we will be posting information and resources regarding how we can be informed and involved in long process of restoration in the devastated nation of Haiti. Today I want to highlight an organization that we are thrilled to be partnered with…Churches Helping Churches. Churches Helping Churches was created to address the immediate…

By God’s grace, we have the opportunity to use a public school building for our Sunday morning gatherings. God has blessed us by creating a space for us at Holton. However, as Christians, we understand that God blesses his people so that they might be a blessing to others (Genesis 12:2). That’s why we make…

The Little Globetrotters went around the world this month to learn about Australia.  Great Anzac biscuits, paintings of koalas and kangaroos, and a prayer calendar filled out the activity hour after a former Australian missionary told about the continent where she had traveled.  Preschoolers and their parents are being reminded every month of the grace…

Titus 3:14  And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful. By now, you have probably heard about the devastating earthquake that struck the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Early estimates place the potential death toll in this city of 3 million…