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03.13.2025 – Better Living – 8 Comments on 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage My wife Karen is a therapist who sees a lot of couples whose relationship is in trouble. They are struggling and …
03.06.2025 – Refugees & Crisis, Short-term missions North Carolina Digs Out From Hurricane – You Can Help! Justin Rhodes took a video as Hurricane Helene threatened to wash away his family’s home and farm. A river raged …
02.27.2025 – Culture and Faith Am I a Cultural Christian? One of the questions I’ve wrestled with for much of my life is “What is a Christian?” America is known as a “Chri…
02.20.2025 – Leadership How Do I Know When to Take Action? I’m weird – I spend a lot of time reflecting, but I also tend to make quick decisions. I find that God often spea…
10 Debriefing Resources Debriefing Jesus did it; so should we. Every mission trip needs a debrief. You go some place on mission. You serve and then come home. If the mission trip did its job,…
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Looking for a safe place A broken world Summerwood Circle in Wellington, FL, is kind of a sacred place for our family. Along with Gainesville, it’s where we raised our kids. So many memories flow f…