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March 28, 2023

One of my favorite movies growing up as a kid was the film by Mel Brooks, Spaceballs. I realized after going to college that I had only...

Mar 21

March 21, 2023

We are three weeks into our humble journey to the cross. In my own personal life, there haven’t been as many things as humbling as having...

Mar 14

March 14, 2023

The Ides of March has always held a fascination for me (technically it is tomorrow, but we are in the ballpark). I know it is apocryphal...

Mar 7

March 7, 2023

My best friend from seminary came in a few weeks ago with his eight-year-old son, who I was meeting for the first time. He was in...

Feb 28

February 28, 2023

I was doing chapel with the preschool this past week, and I asked them, what is a season? And they all started shouting Summer! Fall!...

Feb 21

February 21, 2023

Dear friends, Tomorrow begins our Lenten journey. It is 40 days that we observe a fast (abstaining from something) as we approach the...

Feb 14

February 14, 2023

Today is Valentine’s Day. Or Gal-entine’s day for all of you Parks and Rec fans out there. I’ve even heard of another version called,...

Feb 7

February 7, 2023

There are a couple of interesting storylines in this year’s super bowl coming up this Sunday. It is the third time in four years the...

Jan 31

January 31, 2023

I recently got a new wallet. My old wallet was starting to fall apart, and it was time. When I got the new wallet and began to switch...

Jan 24

January 24, 2023

This Sunday we held our first Leadership Team meeting under the new Simple Accountability Structure we have been working on for over a...

Jan 17

January 17, 2023

When I was the Chaplain at a college, I came across an organization that stresses that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day should not be a day...

Jan 10

Janaury 10, 2023

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas season! We are officially out of the Christmas season as the Wise Men finally got to Jesus on...

Dec 20, 2022

December 20, 2022

I will be taking a break from the weekly devotional newsletter for a few weeks. They will resume after the new year on January 10th. I...

Dec 13, 2022

December 13, 2022

Dear friends, The day I am writing this is the day of the runoff election for the Georgia Senate. It has been a long, grueling election...

Dec 6, 2022

December 6, 2022

Dear friends, I know soccer isn’t for everyone, but that is especially true in the United States. You can see evidence of that fact in...

Nov 29, 2022

November 29, 2022

Dear friends, In cultural Christmas, the definition of Advent is “busy.” But the literal definition of the word “Adventus” means,...

Nov 22, 2022

November 22, 2022

Dear friends, We have trouble decorating for Thanksgiving in my house. Being UGA fans, we don’t really have a lot of orange things or...

Nov 15, 2022

November 15, 2022

Dear friends, One of my favorite memories was during my first year of seminary when we decorated a small Christmas tree. I was at my...

Nov 8, 2022

November 8, 2022

Dear friends, My family tends to overpack. If you have ever seen our car for a road trip, you would know that the previous sentence is a...

Nov 1, 2022

November 1, 2022

Dear friends, Today is All Saints’ Day. The history of this day is interesting. It is where we get our practice of Halloween, or All...