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The Art of Serving

The Art of Serving

In any organization that is growing there is always going to be room for more people to be a part of that organization. But when you serve in the church you’re not serving in an organization, you’re serving in an organism. The church is living and alive and making a difference in the lives of [...]

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Pregnant Church

Pregnant Church

The anticipation of a child is a feeling like no other. Being a father of 2 I am aware of the feeling and in both instances it was a myriad of emotions. The uncertainty mixed with the inevitable furtherance and progress stirred in with fear creates quite the cocktail. But I wouldn’t trade that emotion [...]

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The Heart of a Servant

The Heart of a Servant

At Northstar in the arts department we love to see kids and students serve. But it’s extremely rewarding to see them grow up serving and join our adult teams throughout the church. The next generation always brings with them passion, challenge, and a freshness where things sometimes lose perspective. Recently, we had a girl who [...]

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Cultural Estuaries

Cultural Estuaries

Biologically, estuaries are the place where salt water and fresh water meet. It’s a coastal, open system of streams that create a very fertile place for things to be born and thrive. They are interesting places where life begins and connections happen in the meeting of the salt water of the sea and the fresh [...]

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Image Driven

Image Driven

Matthew 22:15-22 (ESV) Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not [...]

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His Perfect Words

His Perfect Words

We live in a society that tends to believe more options and more complexities are better. The inherent desire to pleasure oneself and the modern strive for individualism drive us to this idea that more means better. God recently revealed to me that this trend has leaked into my spiritual life with him. Growing up [...]

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