News,
Free and Faithful
March 27th, 2025
As you are reading this, many First on Fifth folks are in Charlotte for the annual gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina. Last...
Beloved Community,
Spring, she’s coming!
March 20th, 2025
Dear Beloved Community, Just last week, our family spent a couple of nights in Western North Carolina – a little Spring Break getaway if you will. Josh and I ...
Beloved Community,
What a Gift We Have to Share!
March 13th, 2025
One of the most memorable parts of my experience living in India after seminary was all of the people who warmly welcomed me into their spaces. I didn’t go ma...
Beloved Community,
A Season of Change
March 6th, 2025
Lent is a season of change, a season of transition. Falling during the seasonal transition from winter to spring, Lent reminds us that new life is near. How wil...
News,
The Long Road
February 27th, 2025
Dear Beloved Community, As I’m writing to you today, I’m flanked with the dearest of friends around me. It’s time for my annual peer learning group retrea...
Beloved Community,
Reflections on CBF Educators Conference
February 20th, 2025
Earlier this month, I traveled to Decatur, GA with my stellar colleagues, Kyle and Mary, along with one of our lay leaders, Kim Wilkinson, to the 1st official C...