I witnessed something historic during the U.S. Open tennis tournament: the referee warned one of the players that his chair was too messy. I’ve seen a lot of bad behavior…
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”* Kinda. When talking about star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, maybe. When talking…
I was mindlessly following the herd in the security line at Hartsfield Airport. I was traveling by myself to Dallas to visit my mother. Since I was by myself, my…
This past Sunday morning, I received the most creative and thoughtful gift. And it has become for me, a parable. There, on the front pew was a brightly colored gift…
The comeback of the Lone Ranger didn’t exactly pan out earlier in the summer. It cost more to make than the GNP of a small country, but nonetheless bombed to…
Pastor Shaun reminded us to “never underestimate the power of a provoked imagination.” The words are powerful, visual, inspirational…artistic even. They also happen to be true. She has decided to…
We’ve been throwing around the term “Imaginext” a lot recently. “In Christ, there is never not a next.” It’s the theme for this fall and into next year. Shaun has…
It was the subject line that caught my eye. The email was from Fred Kelley. Fred is one of our gifted and dedicated videographers. Fred, along with Mike Williams, Nelson…
In this new era of focusing on what might be next in each of our faith lives it’s appropriate to articulate some semblance of a destination to be reached. We…
Ok…so the message is pretty clear. “Like” us on Facebook. “Follow” us on Twitter. Some of you will do it because you just can’t get enough social media interaction. Some…
A vibrant and living journey with Jesus Christ never ends. As followers, we are in a constant state of becoming. All the time. Always. If we pay close attention to…
JCBC was well represented last week on the island of Hispaniola. One of our English Teaching teams spent a full seven days on the eastern side of the island providing…