“These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom King Nebu-chadnezzar of Babylon had carried into exile; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.” – Nehemiah 7:6 The Front Porch September 22, 2022, Issue 89
The Front Porch August 24, 2022
“Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 The Front Porch August 24, 2022, Issue 88
The Front Porch July 28, 2022
“I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now.” – Philippians 1:3-5 The Front Porch July 28, Issue 87
The Front Porch June 23, 2022
It’s no secret the Church is struggling to reach young people. With each generation there are less and less people who identify with a particular religious tradition, including Christianity. The fastest growing group in survey after survey are those who identify as “spiritual but not religious”. As one who has found faith to be a …
The Front Porch May 26, 2022
For every time there is a season. So writes the author of the book of Ecclesiastes in Chapter 3. Part of God’s great design to this earth is seasons. We experience wet and dry seasons, we experience the four seasons of the year, we experience planting seasons and harvesting seasons. In all these seasons we …
The Front Porch April 28, 2022
Someone said to me following the shared Easter service with City Church, “I wish every Sunday was Easter.” Indeed, it was wonderful to have a full sanctuary for the first time in over two years. It was also wonderful to share in the baptisms of three adults who have reoriented their lives in response to …
The Front Porch March 24, 2022
“Suffering is the refining fire of theology.” I read that last week in a reflection on the war in Ukraine. The day after I read it we began hearing about a missile attack on a theatre that housed hundreds of people who had fled from their homes, many of them mothers and children. The numbers …
The Front Porch March 10, 2022
I served as a youth director while in college. It was on-the-job training since I had never been a part of a youth group growing up and I had never worked with young teenagers. I remember trying to lead the kids in a bible study one night and inviting them to share one of their …