Category: Spiritual Formation
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Top 5 Posts of 2011 #2: when life doesn’t go according to plan
I wrote this post the week after I lost my job pastoring a church in the Atlanta Metro area. It was a crazy moment for the Alexander Family. And a moment that I never imagined that I’d ever be walking through. Not sure this post registered as the #2 post of 2011 because everyone loves…
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Top 5 Posts of 2011 #4: Stupid things christians say
Checking in at #4 on our countdown to the #1 post of 2011 was a post that hit close to home for me…and based on the conversation this post generated it hit close to home for a lot of other people as well. Stupid Things Christians Say A year ago my family moved to the…
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Hope
Check out this teaser for a new series beginning this weekend at Sun Valley Community Church! We are all hoping for something at Christmas. As a child we hoped for that special gift… As adults we have bigger hopes and dreams… We all want purpose, peace and the promise of something better. So what are…
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Thankful or Entitled?
Am I the only one who thinks it’s ironic that on one day we’re focusing on how thankful we are for everything we’ve been blessed with, and then less than 24 hrs later we’re fighting the crowds on Black Friday to get everything we don’t have that we want? This weekend we discussed the difference…
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What are you hiding from?
It’s one thing when you’re stuck in the airport, in the wrong checkout line, or traffic; but it’s a completely other thing when your kids start making decisions that don’t reflect the values of your family and those decisions are leading them on a path towards an impending trainwreck. When that moment comes and you…