There has been a great deal of chatter, as well as no small measure of fear and trepidation among the Christian community following the release of a Pew Research Poll that Christianity in America is in decline. This cartoon pretty well sums up the reality of what is happening. Credit: http://adam4d.com/death-of-christianity/
Month: May 2015
July 4th Freedom Run in Downtown Chattanooga
So, we’ve come up with an event for this summer that we believe will be a lot of fun for our church family (and really, anybody who would like to join us!). We’re going to host a July 4th 5k and 10k run that we’re calling The Gathering Freedom Run. It’s obviously related to Independence…
The Truth of the Moment: Recovering from a Spiritual Slump
If you’ve ever been in a play or any kind of production where you were required to recite memorized lines, you know the most terrifying thing to happen is to forget your lines. You freeze, palms begin to sweat, you get the deer-in-headlights look, heat begins to overwhelm your body, causing instantaneous beads of sweat…
Get moving!
INtention without ACTION is still INACTION.
Mother’s Day at The Gathering – A Safe Place
I know that Mother’s Day can be one of the absolute worst Sundays to go to church. There are unmarried women who want to be married but aren’t, married women who desperately want to have children but can’t, men and women who have lost their mothers and the pain is overwhelming. There are children who…
4 Reasons I Volunteered for Jury Duty
That’s right, I volunteered for Jury Duty. No, to my knowledge, I’ve not lost my ever-loving mind. I thought it through and I volunteered to serve for the next four months on a Grand Jury. I suppose I should start out with how I was actually able to volunteer since, normally, one is “volunteered” for…
Grand Jury Duty
…and so it begins.
