Thursday night was about sacred rehearsal. As a congregation, we rehearsed the narrative of our Lord’s passion. After the singing, the loving, the teaching, the eating, we listened to the…
Thursday evening, Christian communities worldwide will gather in various venues and in diverse ways to observe a most curious tradition. We call it Maundy-Thursday. The word “Maundy” comes from the…
The point and purpose of Lent, is movement. Lent, as a journey, is a reminder that we are headed somewhere. This season of contemplation and confession, reflection and repentance only…
Johns Creek Baptist mobilized her love in a variety of ways this past weekend during Missional Outreach Saturday. Nearly 300 members in all, dispersed across more than a dozen sites,…
Eventually, something gives. It’s not a matter of if, but when. On Ash Wednesday, I challenged the congregation to consider this unique and shared journey that we make toward Easter.…
Ministries of true significance and impact are underway at JCBC. Having just come out of a wonderfully successful Mobilization Fair, we have seen hundreds of our people making deliberate decisions…
During the second half of the fourth century, a monk by the name of Evagrius moved away from the city where he lived, into the desert. His motive was to…
With banners, table clothes and folded tables still being put away, our Pastoral staff spent the better part of Tuesday reflecting and reviewing Sunday’s Mobilization Fair. Hearts overflowing with gratitude…
You are marked, you know. Soul-marked…by the love of God. But that can be so hard to remember; given all the other marks we bear. Marks of our own making.…