This was a bottom line first.  And a sermon that found it second. I know, I know . . . that’s not the way it’s supposed to go. Yet a couple of months ago, I was sitting in the back of the room at a meeting regarding the future of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (pretty big deal, Read the full article…

So does the sermon title of “Shining Light” mean we’re going to pull this tune out?     No, not likely. But it does mean we’re having one of my favorite bottom lines EVER, as well as some concrete next steps for follow up.   Sunday. Moss Road:  8:30, 10, 11:30 and 11:30 Latino Zoar Read the full article…

For a variety of reasons, I haven’t stepped on a court to play tennis since 2008. (Those reasons include not wanting to re-injure my back, not interfering with going to the Y, and, most of all, not wanting to be confronted with the reality of what age & disuse would do to my game . Read the full article…

These folks are from our Zoar Campus Next Step Group:   Yes, four weeks into to our second site, Campus Pastor Chris Thayer is leading a new member group on Tuesday nights. Our Moss Road Campus hosts its own Next Step Group starting tonight. You can still sign up by clicking here.

Anyone can point out problems. It takes people of faith, tenacity, and camaraderie to pinpoint solutions. And that’s just what churches around our city and across this nation are doing in the face of some of the world’s most intractable problems. So, in a tribute to some Solutionist-Style churches, here are five you may not Read the full article…