Our God is Able!
Perhaps my greatest childhood achievement happened at age six. I remember it well…
Robert Smith
The Love of Christ
Every night around 9pm or 10pm, I take our dog Fledge outside before putting him to bed. As I walk around my yard in the darkness, I cannot help but to look up in wonder. More often than I’d like to admit, by that time of day I feel my anxiety creeping up. It can
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God’s Wisdom Revealed
It may be surprising, but the railroad tunnel in Cowan made Sewanee possible. Samuel Tracy of New York purchased 50,000 acres of land on top of the Cumberland Plateau in the early 1850s as he helped establish Sewanee Mining Company. Tracy City bears his name. At the same time, the Episcopal Church was looking for
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A Dwelling Place for God
I still get chills when I watch his speech. On August 28 of 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. painted a beautiful picture of unity and justice during a time of division and oppression. It was the right speech at the right time by the right man. He dreamed
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From Bitter to Pleasant
The book of Ruth is a case study in how God brings good to his children, even in their suffering.
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The Purpose of the Lord Will Stand
Have you ever had a week where nothing goes as planned?
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Pilgrims on a Journey
A Pilgrim is a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion; he is a traveler or wanderer, especially in a foreign place. As Christians, our journey in life can be described in several ways. It is a journey toward Heaven. It is a journey home
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Mary’s Song
In 2001, Tim Collins released a book entitled Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t. Collins and his research team looked for sustained peak performance over a fifteen-year time period to select a small list of “Great” companies. Then they investigated these companies to learn what set them apart. Some
The Reason We Sing
‘Tis the season for singing. Finish these lyrics for me: “Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell…” “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer had a very Shiny…” “I’m Dreaming of a White…” ‘Tis the season for singing, and I have a song I want to teach you today during the sermon. It’s a good song to sing
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The War is Over!
December 7, 1941 is a date that lives in infamy. Early that morning, Japanese pilots made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Thousands of lives were lost and numerous ships destroyed, and yet the biggest outcome from that attack was that America joined World War Two. There are many fascinating aspects of that