3 Decisions when Starting at a New Church

Walking into a new job can be exhilarating and exhausting. You have so many hopes and dreams as you are expectant of what God is going to do. With fresh […]
Stuck in the Urgent, Sacrificing the Future

As an avid sports fan, I always enjoy it when each sport approaches draft season. Draft season is a time when professional teams assess which young players they can add […]
Sex at the End of the World

In Huxley’s dystopian novel, Brave New World, sex has been completely removed from any traditional constraints. Sex literally has nothing to do with procreation or love. In fact, these things are […]
This Pastor Doesn’t Know the Sky Is Falling. Is He Right?

I recently took an afternoon to hang out with a pastor friend of mine. Nice guy. But the impression he left me with as I got on the highway to […]
When Life Doesn’t Go How You Expect

There have been plenty of times in my life when life didn’t go as I had expected. When I was ten years old, I wrote a letter to a missionary […]
Resurrection: From Fuzzy Hope to Living Reality

*Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a book by Dr. Scott Sager called Jesus in Isolation: Lazarus, Viruses, and Us. In the book, Sager delves into the story […]
Disciples of Jesus Choose Hope – Q&A with Michael Patterson

*Editor’s Note: In an anxious and angry season, how can disciples of Jesus practically show the world the hope of Jesus? At the juncture of 2020 and 2021, I was […]
It’s Time for a Second Wind

In March, the media said the virus was not able to survive in the heat. I was eagerly anticipating somewhat of a return to normalcy. However, in our state, Georgia, […]