There are some who, when they hear the word ‘missions,’ have images of seminary-trained, multilingual, and theologically-adept men and women bolting into places around the globe as missionaries for the gospel. While that is true in many respects, it is only a partial truth. Missions also includes “regular Joe’s” – men and women who aren’t […]
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Advent is the traditional church season that celebrates Jesus’ first arrival (or advent) at Christmas. It begins the fourth Sunday from Christmas Day and works its way to Christmas morn. I love it because in a culture that commodifies and consumerizes every holiday it can get it hands on, celebrating Advent intentionally focuses my family
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It was 1998. I was 25 years old and serving at a church in Dallas when I got a call from Bruce Wesley. Only a little over four years earlier, Bruce had planted Clear Creek Community Church in Houston and now was looking for someone to fill the role of Teaching Pastor. At the time,
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