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Beloved Community,
From Kyle
June 13th, 2024
Beloved Community, It’s Kyle here. As Emily would say, “I serve as one of the pastors here at First Baptist on Fifth.”...
Beloved Community,
Divert Daily. Withdraw Weekly. Abandon Annually.
June 6th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, Over the years, my dad offered encouragement to pastors early in their call about the rhythms of life, and I found it myself to be so h...
Beloved Community,
Reborn Again
May 16th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, Each year that I have had the honor to serve as your pastor, we have experienced full and mighty Pentecost weekends. I recounted that i...
Beloved Community,
The Gifts of a Teaching and Learning Church
May 9th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, One August Sunday some three years ago, I met a winsome pair of brand-new students on the precipice of beginning a three-year journey t...
Beloved Community,
Embracing the Gift of Rest
May 2nd, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, Facebook told me yesterday that it was nine years ago that Amy McClure and I had become (Facebook) friends. I remember the in-person ve...
Beloved Community,
The Telling
April 25th, 2024
Dear Beloved Community, I had the good fortune to attend my first Passover Seder meal this week, at Temple Emanuel as a welcomed guest of our friends, Seth Mos...