One of the unfortunate things about the holiday season is how quickly it goes by. I did not grow up in the Presbyterian tradition, so the practice of Advent has been a relatively new and welcome one for me that’s made the Christmas season more rich and, better yet, prolonged. Yet, here we are a week later […]
Life is Like a Stereogram
Have you ever seen a stereogram? You probably have, maybe in a poster rack at Target or elsewhere. You’d recognize it by the seemingly random jumble of colors and shapes. The trick of a stereogram is that you have to get your face up close to it, focus your eyes like you are looking at […]
Feeling the Buzz
It really is amazing to see the cultural phenomenon that Seahawks fandom is in the NorthWest. You can tell if there is a game happening based on the level of traffic on Route 16. In my neighborhood, someone has dedicated their front lawn as a shrine to the Seahawks, complete with spotlights, flags, and the […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha on the Trinity
The penultimate sermon for our Fearless Q series was delivered this weekend, addressing the broad question, “Who is God?” Pastor Larry takes a few minutes to respond to follow up questions after the sermon in the video below. […]
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Your Pew Will Look Different This Sunday
I remarked to someone this past week that there’s only one sin I endorse as a pastor: stealing a Bible from our pews. I said this tongue in cheek, but the truth is that it’s hardly a loss when someone takes a copy of God’s Word home for themselves. In fact, over the years the […]
A Low Bar, But High Stakes
Imagine that you’re someone who has recently started coming to Chapel Hill, but you haven’t become a member yet. Imagine, in some alternate reality, that when you came to church you couldn’t sit with the rest of the congregation, but instead you had to sit in a section apart from the congregation that were members. […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On the End Times
Our sermon this past Sunday is something that is on a lot of believers minds lately – the end times. Pastor Larry answers some follow up questions below. […]
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An Invitation In the Shadow of Tragedy
I apologize for the extra email in your inbox today (if you’re receiving this blog post as an email), but it seemed a greater sin to be silent regarding the recent tragedies you may have seen in the news lately. Sometimes in ministry and faith we can live in the tension of celebration and mourning, […]
Why a Car Show?
As you read this, cars, motorcycles, and trucks that have had the utmost of care and attention provided to them are lined up in the church parking lot. It’s overcast, but it looks like the rain is holding off for a bit. People mill about, listening to the Luke Stanton band play, buying a hot […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On One Nation Under God
This past Sunday’s sermon was apropos in light of celebrating our nation’s birth. Listen in on a couple of the follow up questions raised after the sermon. […]
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