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August 2023: That of Gratitude
August 1st, 2023
When the dear old dad of my oldest friend Anna gave me a hard time last week for turning the ripe old age of 42 -- "that sure sounds like an age when you'd know...
July 2023: CBF’s General Assembly
July 1st, 2023
This past week, twenty First on Fifth folks traveled to Atlanta for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly, the annual gathering of more than 100...
June 2023: Gifts of the Spirit
June 1st, 2023
About this time two years ago, Kim Towles pulled me aside after worship to make sure I saw the family that was visiting and happened to sit alongside her and Ch...
May 25, 2023: Reflecting on Pentecost
May 25th, 2023
Pentecost Sunday in 2015 was our family’s final in Louisville before making the journey across mountains and miles to make our home here with you in Winston-S...
May 18, 2023: How Can We Keep From Singing
May 18th, 2023
“You know, my grandmother would pinch us grandkids when we got loud in church, but she insisted we learn all these hymns. This is one of them.”...
May 11, 2023: Forever Beloved
May 11th, 2023
An author I enjoy talks about the gauntlet that is May for parents of kids – with all its graduations, proms, appreciation weeks, celebrations, toasts to the...