by Rick Bertou | Feb 25, 2021 | Discipleship
What Kingdom Do You Identify With? Living as a Citizen of Another Kingdom – Part 1 This week’s blog is in many ways a new thing for me. It is the first in a 6-part series designed to answer the question – how do we live as a citizen of another kingdom? This is...
by Rick Bertou | Feb 15, 2021 | Discipleship
I often hear in Christian circles, increasing concerns over the present state of the world and the downward trend of our nation away from God. Christians are stunned by the rapid acceleration towards moral depravity that is blatantly visible. This isn’t a new...
by Rick Bertou | Jan 5, 2021 | Discipleship
We’re in the first few days of 2021 – a brand new year – after a difficult and tumultuous 2020. However, as I reflect, my mind is not drawn to last year, but much farther back, even four decades. It’s hard to imagine that on this day 40-years ago, 1980 had just ended...
by Rick Bertou | Dec 29, 2020 | Discipleship
Christmas Day ended a few days ago. The presents have been opened. The holiday dinner (so good!) consumed. The family has gone home. No more Christmas music playing on the radio. The unusual TN snow giving us a white Christmas has melted. Holiday cheer is now a...
by Hunter Long | Dec 23, 2020 | Discipleship
I am a people-pleaser. There, I said it. For me, it stems from early periods of life where I felt the need to fight for approval. Tragically, even today, I feel the need to. It is ridiculous when I think about it, however. As my wife has lovingly reminded me, not only...
by Alys Grissom | May 13, 2020 | Discipleship
Yesterday as we were out on an errand, my nearly nine-year old suddenly said out loud, “It’s no fair. We worked so hard all year, and we didn’t get to go on one field trip! And, we don’t get to have field day!” I didn’t mention that this weekend would have also been...
