12.02.25 | Shepherding | by David Stephenson
This is why Advent is so precious to me - it is a season of anticipation. We anticipate real things like gifts and time with loved ones, but even more...
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The Heart of Hospitality Starts in Worship
08.26.25 | Shepherding | by Emily Calloway
Opening our church, homes, schedules, possessions, and lives are ways to share the love of Christ with fellow believers who are struggling and in need of encouragement and friendship.
Hospitality - So Much Bigger Than a Meal
02.04.25 | Shepherding | by Emily Calloway
While being friendly to new folks at church is important and right, hospitality has deeper heart outworkings than only that. It changes how we engage with one another and particularly strangers in our day-to-day lives.
For Those Being Transformed Into Christ’s Likeness
01.14.25 | Shepherding | by Bill Massey
Here are some resolutions you might consider for 2025. No one will want to do all these things or even most of them! These are ideas to stimulate your planning.
"Scrooging" Christmas and the Rescuing Righteousness of God
12.10.24 | Shepherding | by Travis Hutchinson
Scrooge had every worldly thing he needed, but he was spiritually bankrupt and miserable. In Dickens’ allegory, God comes to rescue him through ghostly messengers.
12.03.24 | Shepherding | by Bill Massey
From Isaiah’s perspective, light is not just decorative but symbolic. The darkness of evil and ignorance characterize our world. Look at what was happening at the time of Jesus’ birth...
"Who am I, and What does God have for me to do?" (part 2)
09.17.24 | Shepherding | by A CPC Pilgrim
We concluded our discussion in the first article of this series realizing that we can find some clues to life’s questions, at least in part, by looking at God’s and our stories in an allegorical frame of mind. As we do so, we find that we are...
"Who am I, and What does God have for me to do?"
09.10.24 | Shepherding | by A CPC Pilgrim
...to my questions of “Who am I?” or “What Does God Have for Me to Do? - some of the answer to these questions comes when we understand God’s story and our part in it. In other words, it may be helpful to consider these questions through an...
08.06.24 | Shepherding | by Phil Wade
In one of your everyday moments, if you were to look over to the corner of the room and imagine God sitting there, what expression would be on His face?
05.14.24 | Shepherding | by Phil Wade
What are the wild, disordered things we worry about? What wilderness do we wish would be tamed and made safe?
