for the beauty of the earth – more gratitude
this declaration of Thanksgiving is not about ease of living but about the richness and the purpose
a heartwarming Thanksgiving story (and a house full of warm hearts)
We had a glad and exuberant houseful of family, full with love and generosity,
“gratitude without purpose is simply a good feeling”
Love is the activating force that gives purpose to what we are grateful for, it is what turns our belief into action
Telling our story – the Jesus story – for another year
what we are is the living, breathing, growing, interactive, on-our-feet-and-mobile, STORY of real people who worship God, love Jesus, and live it out through the power of the Holy Spirit.
a spectacular fall day in Wake Forest
Open windows, fresh air streaming in, the promise of a few cool months ahead. Ahhhh, this is so good.
art installations and God (don’t be confused)
what happens when we look at God through the structure - the framework -of the Christian faith, and then look back at the world through the compassionate eyes of Jesus.
summertime photos from around Wake Forest
Click on the first photo, then advance them like a slide show. And, enjoy - this surely is a beautiful place to live
Civic prayer 101 – how to pray in public when half the people there are not Christian
A lot of civic prayers by local ministers tend to leave two-thirds of the audience excluded, offended, or both. Rather than drawing people to Jesus they have quite the opposite effect...
the story of how God loves us and rescues us #Shipwrecked
This is the story our church is telling, it's the story of how God loves us and rescues us when we become "Shipwrecked" in so many ways. This week was all about Wake Forest Presbyterian Church being a strong lighthouse, standing as a beacon of hope, about nurturing the light of love and grace inside us, and of shining our hearts out in a needy, broken, often dark world.
the day we launched a community conversation around gun violence
We cannot legislate morality and we cannot pass a bill that stops irresponsibility. But we can work together to be more of a connected, concerned, supportive, accountable, mutually encouraging community.
