Today’s CliffNotes was written by Youth Interns Olivia Costa and Jonathan Lindsay and Director of Student Ministries, Beau Pruitt Dear Christ Church, Olivia Interning with the Christ Church youth over the past year has truly been one of the greatest surprises and joys of my life. I say “surprised” because I had never thought about being […]
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Today’s CliffNotes was written by Wes Crawford, Worship Pastor. Dear Christ Church, This past Sunday we got to introduce you to Jonathan Kindberg, who is leading a new initiative in our diocese (Churches for the Sake of Others) called The Diaspora Network. This initiative seeks to encourage, equip, and gather immigrant and diaspora churches and
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Today’s CliffNotes was written by Claire Ratliff, Small Groups Pastor. Dear Christ Church, A couple of weeks ago I was able to attend a short summer course with NT Wright on Romans 5-8. At 73, Wright’s pace and complexity of thought show no signs of slowing and by the end of the course my right
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This week’s CliffNotes is by Fr Bill Walker, Director of Vocation. Dear Christ Church, My birthday is on June 19th, and for much of my life, I didn’t give much thought to the significance of this date – other than that it was my birthday, and sometimes Father’s Day! I had heard of Juneteenth, of
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Today’s CliffNotes was written by Worship Pastor Wes Crawford, with assistance from Danielle Pruitt and Kristie Hartwell Dear Christ Church, When we purchased the property at 112 Medina Street that Christ Church now calls home, we knew that we were stepping into a context with a particular history and its own host of stories to
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Dear Christ Church, Last Sunday, guest preacher Dcn Erin Moniz preached about how the Church can shepherd emerging adults. She mentioned that the arts, especially, are important for this group because the arts don’t resolve all the tension and messiness of life. That’s a statement that applies to everyone in the church, not just emerging
Phaedra Jean Taylor Christ Church: The Feast of Pentecost, 2015 Artist Statement This triptych was made based on verses from Psalm 85 and Acts 2 (both from The Message) and is intended to be used as a liturgical aid during the season of Pentecost. Maps, text, line drawing, along with other embedded papers and objects
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This week’s guest post is by Terrice Tinsley, Director of Children’s Ministries. Dear Christ Church, My back patio is an oasis for me. It’s a peaceful place to take in the freshness of the morning and hear the first praises of the day sung by the birds in the treetops. Last week as I lingered I
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Dear Christ Church, This week is my three-year work anniversary at Christ Church, and the beginning of the fourth year of the Vocation Initiative that I have been overseeing. I just had the chance to talk about this work on the C4SO podcast in a new series on Faith & Vocation. The first episode has
Dear Christ Church, This past week nearly 80 priests and deacons from our C4SO diocese gathered in Nashville for our annual clergy retreat. Like many events these days, this was our first time being together since 2019. The theme was Refresh and it centered around the spiritual discipline of listening. One of the key images
