2nd Timothy is especially touching to me. It is because it’s written as Paul lives under the shadow of his impending demise. You see, Paul knew, shackled in Roman chains,…
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Introduction I was a doubter, to be sure. I wasn’t raised in churches and so I saw a lot of Christian beliefs as untrue The people who were teasing me…
One of my mentors as I was preparing to be a pastor was Rev. Steve Eason at Myers Park Presbyterian Church. As part of my duties at that church, I…
Introduction Recap the Story TO start with, let’s realize that the chapter begins with some curious actions taken by Jesus He hears that Lazarus is sick, his sisters sent word…
Introduction Story from “A Christmas Story” Little boy collected box tops to send off for a special decoder ring. It was all little Ralphie thought about outside of his beloved…
Introduction This calls to mind for me a story about another beggar, who was sitting across the street from an artist’s studio. The artist saw him and thought he would…
If you don’t know me, my name is Alyssa Overcash. I started here at Cook’s back in December as the Director of Community Engagement. In February our Church Administrator,…
Introduction When I was a little kid, we had these huge Christmases at my Grandmother who lived in Lenoir There was all kinds of foods, especially chocolates, which I loved…
During 9/11, a bunch of flights got routed to Gander, Newfoundland in Canada 7000 people ended up in this small, little town. The town was not cowed by it The…
Notes from the Underground Fydor Doestoyevsky’s work deals with a man who yearns for connection and change but when chances come for him to change, the underground man…
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