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Bold and Boundless Love
June 12th, 2025
Three years ago I worked up the courage to attend my first Pride celebration. I wasn’t necessarily nervous about attending so much as before then I’d never ...
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Jesus Still Shows Up
May 1st, 2025
On the weekend after Easter many of us gathered at Morrow Mountain State Park for our first church camping weekend. This event was sponsored by the Adult Minist...
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Signs of New Life
April 3rd, 2025
As we begin the month of April, new life is emerging all around us. Our physical world is teeming with new signs of life. Tree leaves. Flowers. Birdsong. Buzzin...
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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...
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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...
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100th Anniversary Hymnal!
February 13th, 2025
The Apostle Paul instructed the Colossian church that they should “with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.” And ...