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When Eternity Breaks Into Identity

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Posted on January 26, 2024
by Rev. Jonathan Conner

Rev. Jonathan Conner leads an in-depth conversation about the struggle to capture the weighty truth and significance of the image we bear. There is a necessity to seeing yourself differently in the mirror, and seeing your neighbors differently as well. It is a heavy thing, a sacred burden, this divine image that we must bear up under.

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The Dash Between The Dates

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Posted on December 28, 2023
by Rev. Jonathan Conner

Headstones are sobering. I know some of the stories represented by the dash between the dates. But, many I do not. In a generation or two, fewer and fewer will know the stories that lie behind those dashes. If we had not a loving God, this could be incredibly discouraging. Lives lived, love shared, triumph, defeat, celebrations, laments – all reduced to the dash between the dates.

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When The Whatifs Strike

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Posted on September 6, 2023
by Rev. Jonathan Conner

Shel Silverstein, the children’s poet (author of the well-loved Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Runny Babbit, and more), in the playful poem below, raises a question that plagues us all: What if…? In this article we will dare to answer the question.

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A Work To Do: Responding To Bad News

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Posted on July 24, 2023
by Rev. Jonathan Conner

This post is the second in a two part series: A Way to Think and a Work to Do; Processing and Responding to Bad News. Click here to read part one: A Way to Think; Processing Bad News. Do Promoting and protecting human flourishing Now, what should we do? How should we as a people, […]

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A Way To Think: Processing Bad News

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Posted on July 17, 2023
by Rev. Jonathan Conner

This post is the first in a two part series: A Way to Think and a Work to Do; Processing and Responding to Bad News. School shootings. A war in Ukraine. Rumors of war between China and Taiwan. A drug overdose crisis in America. The news hasn’t been good lately. On the one hand, the […]

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Celebrating InDependence Day

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Posted on July 2, 2019

We give thanks for our Independence Day and our freedoms. But in Christ, we are only truly free when we are dependent upon Him for all our blessings and freedom from sin, death and the devil.

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National Day of Prayer Guide

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Posted on April 25, 2019

Prayer is one of the most powerful tools that God has given us. God works through prayer to change hearts and minds, to encourage and make strong, and for His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Join us on this day of national prayer to pray for our nation, our leaders, our communities, our families and more.

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Finding Your Contentment in the Higher Good

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Posted on November 7, 2018

If your contentment comes from politics, you never will be. If it comes from a perfect spouse, a perfect job, or a perfect earthly church, good luck. If your contentment comes in the love of God for you in Christ Jesus, how can you ever be disappointed?

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Circumstantial Joy

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Posted on July 16, 2018

Many people seek after the unattainable goal of remaining “happy” throughout their life.

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What Gets in the Way of your Spiritual Growth?

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Posted on July 10, 2018

What gets in the way of your spiritual growth? Family? Time constraints? Work? Hobbies? We all have things that keep us from spending time with God.

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