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Active Worship
Dear Church Family, I started attending First Christian Church in the late spring of 2012. I told myself I would be a pew sitter and did so for 3 or so years before I started to worship here. I remember a knock at my back door. It was the...
Understanding the Call to Serve
One of the last gifts that I gave my daughter, before she started her own story in the world, remains at my house today. It walks around, when it wants to, in the shell of a 25-pound French Bulldog named Cooper. In fact, he is a very demanding...
Walk Together
Dear Church Family, Last week we spent time in the Word talking about the importance of belonging to the body of Christ. The church is not simply a place we attend on Sundays. Scripture describes it as a living body where every believer has a...
Becoming the Church
Dear Church Family, The weather taunted us with a brief taste of spring. A few unseasonably warm days slipped in between the gray grip of winter. Coats were left at home. I found myself walking in shorts a few days. Windows cracked open...
On Solid Ground
Dear Church Family, Recently, I went out for a walk after one of the heavy snows. The sidewalks were buried, packed down by days of boots and paws and passing feet. In places, it was hard to tell where the sidewalk actually was. Everything...