I was recently asked by someone, “When are we going to two Sunday services?” The answer is, we are not. Our two modern services are growing. We have new people every Sunday. Some who are visiting from other churches have been literally tearful with joy at the fact that they are able to worship in person. […]
Right Now
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Sending leaders around the world
Chapel Hill helps support believers around the world each with a unique mission. To love the abused or abandoned, to listen, to teach, to offer grace, hope and purpose. As a global church family, we pray for each other and spur one another on. […]
Five ways to create more time
“I just wish I had more time.” These were the words I said to a mentor of mine a few years ago. He immediately called me out on that statement. He pointed out to me that it was a limiting belief that I was using as an excuse. He told me to say to myself […]
Stick it
I just got my first Covid vaccination. The stick itself was no big deal. I’m sitting in the observation room for 15 minutes to ensure that I’m not one of those rare cases that has a reaction to the vaccine. I’m already scheduled for dose #2. I got my vaccine as early as possible for […]
Integrity in the face of opposition
I was ticked. Although I wasn’t in close contact with the guy and had no symptoms, because I had been possibly exposed to a friend who may have had COVID, my staff urged me not to preach last Sunday’s sermon in person. The elders on the Council agreed. So, I submitted. But sure, I was […]
Subversive leadership
“Do you believe Jesus was subversive?” That’s a question I asked my men’s LifeGroup several weeks ago. I think they sensed a trap…so they were a little cautious. But, finally, one said, “Well…yes. I think Jesus WAS subversive. Not of the Romans. But of the religious rulers.” “So,” I asked, “do you think WE are […]
The disappearing mountain
One of my favorite Chapel Hill memories is of joining the high school kids, year after year, on their home-building mission trips to Tijuana, Mexico. As we approached our campsite each year, we passed a mountain that had been turned into a gravel mine. Heavy equipment on top of the mountain illuminated by spotlights scraped […]
Don’t let 2020 stink
Have a holly jolly Christmas, it’s the best time of the year! So the song goes, and so it often is the case. But this year certainly is different. There’s nothing normal about Christmas this time around. How many of us have just a few less family members at the table, even if just as […]
Twas the NIGHTS before Christmas
Ten services. Two days. December 23 and 24. Four Classic. Six modern. And a partridge in a pear tree. Christmas Eve is the most popular, best-attended Chapel Hill service year after year. Christmas Eve EVE was a surprisingly well-received option which we first offered last year for the sake of those heading out of town…but […]