In preparation for the upcoming Serve Your City, as well as, our First Friday on May 2nd, I’ve been reading articles on preparing your heart to serve. I think it’s…
Author: Blake Long One of the most important spiritual disciplines—if not the most important—is that of reading Scripture. The Bible is God’s Word, and tells us everything we need to know for…
At our March First Friday gathering, our teaching focused on the importance and benefits of cultivating and maintaining meaningful connections while navigating life as a single. As our guiding scripture…
At our February First Friday event (which took place on Valentine’s Day), I had the opportunity to interview a panel of 4 members of our Single Adult Ministries community. Each…
Ugh. Valentine’s Day. Hated it when I was single, don’t like it much better married. I am one of those staunch haters, who can soap box about a Hallmark holiday…
Here’s what I’ve been thinking about. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that a few years back we moved from California, from North Coast, from Life Groups, from Community to a relatively…
When I absolutely have no idea for this blog, I randomly search the internet for inspiration and come up with something to repost. But other times, something in my own…
Good grief, it’s December 31st. So, this is a strategy I’m trying, and I’m posting it here to maybe give you thoughts on revisiting the idea of new year resolutions.…
Did ya’ notice? We skipped the newsletter on Dec. 13th, and this newsletter is a few days late. I’m curious, did you notice we were missing? Sometimes, it is easy…