By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of Alpha and Lifegroups Has it ever struck you how long the Christmas story took? I’m not even talking about how long before Christ was born that prophecies were given about his coming. I’m talking about how long Zechariah had to wait to get his voice back after he was struck […]
GLOW: Growth & Gospel Impact
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Almost a decade ago we began a Saturday Night worship service at Chapel Hill. It met in what is now called the Neel Chapel—the original worship space of our church. The same sermon was preached on Saturday as on Sunday mornings, allowing our congregation to remain unified across the three […]
Spread the Message of Christmas
By Pastor Gunnar TesdahlPastor of Worship Arts “When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.”—Luke 2:17-18 The leftovers are packed away in the fridge, the decorations are up, and the freeway […]
Why Every Day Should Be Thanksgiving
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor “Do they celebrate Thanksgiving in England?” is a question I get asked multiple times every year around this time. I usually respond with something like, “Yes, we’re thankful every day.” Joking aside, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in England (although, the pilgrims were English, so we kind of invented it) and […]
We Are Not Alone
By Cara Taylor Director of Outreach Blogging is so odd because I hope to connect my experience with yours, but we are separated in time and space. Whether we are engaging publicly online or working from home, our modern reality can lack the genuine connection we need. To affirm the personal, unconditional, extravagant love of God […]
Burn the Boats
By Caleb Bagdanov Director of Student Ministries About once a year I find myself reading a short essay written by C.S. Lewis called “A Slip of the Tongue.” In this essay Lewis reflects on how during a morning devotional he made a mistake while praying. He prayed “to pass through things eternal that I finally lost […]
How to Pray in an Election
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Last Monday, I sat down to read the news, and I felt the weight of what many of us are feeling—a sense that this election holds so much at stake. I came across a Wall Street Journal poll revealing that 87% of voters believe America will suffer permanent damage if […]
A 60-Year-Old Prayer Answered
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor This week I was looking through our archive when I found a vision flyer for the building of our original church building. As I read the words of that vision statement from our founding Pastor, the Reverend Paul Neel, I realized that over 60 years later the Lord had granted […]
Ice Cream Potato Surprise!?!
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor “You’ve got to try the ice cream potato!” That’s what we were told by someone who grew up in Boise, when asked what some must-see sights for a trip to Boise are. Ice cream potato!? That sounds disgusting, I thought. And it didn’t get any better when I googled it. […]
Numbering Our Days
By Pastor Julie HawkinsPastor of Ministry Every morning when I wake up, the very first thing that I do is read a psalm. I started this practice a few years back after being challenged to engage Scripture before scrolling. Confession time: many mornings, that psalm read isn’t ingested through the bleary lens of my 4:45 […]