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The Beauty of Community

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On September 1, we celebrated my mom’s 91st birthday – ice cream, cake, BBQ and kale salad. (Who could ask for better than kale salad?) Truthfully, I love when I see so many generations in one room enjoying the presence of each other. Watching so many gather around my mom and lavish love on her and watching those same people gather around her great grandbaby of 13 months and lavish love on him was certainly a highlight. Watching that gentle, abundant love across the generations...

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Posted by Caroline Poe with 1 Comments

Christ our Cornerstone

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Christ alone, Cornerstone Weak made strong in the Savior’s love Through the storm, He is Lord Lord of all -Lyrics from Cornerstone by Hillsong Music Yesterday we sung the song Cornerstone by Hillsong. As you may have already noticed, the words of the verses are taken from the hymn The Solid Rock. I love that hymn, but that’s not the topic I’m writing about today. I’m writing about the scripture that it’s based on. The main scripture of both songs is Acts...

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Posted by Matt Bowen with 1 Comments

An Escape to Freedom

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When Rindo Nong jumped into the back of a Red Cross truck in 1979, he didn’t know where the truck was leading him. He was 21 years old. His country had been ravaged by genocide. The communist leader Pol Pot and his army, known as Khmer Rouge, had starved or murdered an estimated 3 million people, more than 25 percent of the population of Cambodia. Rindo’s family had spent the last four years in a work camp, digging ditches from 7 a.m. to midnight with little more than a cup of...

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Posted by Jenny Pope

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