Dear Christ Church, “Servant of the Servants of God.” That is the title Gregory the Great gave to pastors. And that is what Cliff and Christine have been to Christ Church these past 18 years. I remember my first meal with the Warners. Lexie and I were eating lunch and hearing about their love for […]
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Dear Christ Church, Last night Jesus invited us to his table, where we dined with him as his guests and participated in the servant mysteries of Christ. Many participated in the foot washing as a symbol of sacrificial care for one another, each of us weary pilgrims who pick up dirt and sorrow from the
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Dear Christ Church, This Sunday we enter Holy Week. This is the week where we walk daily with Jesus towards his cross and resurrection. Every year during this week I slow down and imagine myself entering the story. In my imagination, I’m part of the crowd waving palm branches on Sunday with my own hopes about what
Dear Christ Church, Christine and I love you. As we enter the final stretch of our time in pastoral leadership with you, we are savoring every moment, nostalgic and thankful. This past week, as I led Joyce Chalmers funeral and spent time with her family and some of you, I reflected on all the births
Dear Christ Church, Has anyone noticed that it’s an election year? If you could see me, you would notice my tongue planted in my cheek. During the high political tensions of the past decade, many excellent books and articles have come out for Christians on how to navigate our times faithfully. I have watched
Dear Christ Church, In early February, about 35 artists of Christ Church gathered at Cedarbrake Retreat Center for a weekend together. You may remember – it was that dreary, stormy weekend we had a few weeks back. Normally I might be dismayed about that kind of weather at a retreat, especially on grounds
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Dear Christ Church, This week we are excited to share two upcoming opportunities to explore a heart of mission. Read below for an invitation to an upcoming Community First! Village tour as well as information on our Local Mission Fair happening this Sunday in the courtyard after each service! COMMUNITY FIRST! VILLAGE TOUR I’ve encountered
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Dear Christ Church, Let’s get ready for Lent! This annual walk with Jesus toward self-emptying love and new life starts next week. Lent is a quieter season marked by practices that help us pay attention to the reordering of our loves, self-examination, prayer, and concern for the poor. These are things we can attend
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This week’s guest post is by Small Groups Pastor Kester Smith. Dear Christ Church, “That is what Christianity is all about. Now believe it and live it as if your life depended on it, because it does.” This is how Frederick Bauerschmidt’s book The Love That Is God ends. But to tell you that isn’t
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Dear Christ Church, I am very excited to announce that one of the most loved and most formational classes we’ve offered at Christ Church is back: Spiritual Theology, taught by Christine Warner. Get the details and sign up here! The last time this was offered was the spring of 2020, when it got canceled halfway through because .
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