
Community Showing Up
Last week I sat down with a couple friends from church to record a couple podcast episodes for First Baptist on Fifth’s new Life Together podcast. I...

The Power of Stories
Dear Beloved Community, This week I’ve just begun a fantastic new book by Sharon McMahon titled The Small and Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed th...

Signs of Life (Together)
Dear Beloved Community, Around the staff meeting table yesterday, we marveled at how many of you came, excited, to our kickoff gathering at 9:00am on Sunday as ...

Robes, Rice and the Space Between Us
Although I have led in several ministry spaces, this summer has been the first time I’ve been given a robe and stole to wear on Sundays....

The Little Patch of Land We Tend
Dear Beloved Community, In his recent Christian Century article called “What’s special about a church building?,” Brian Bantum writes this:...


