So I’m 33 years old. I look younger, which doesn’t really have any advantages at this point. I’ve been a part or a church staff for 12 years, and have been around ministry for a long time. I’ve had the opportunity to be around great leaders and great ministry, but I have never seen it [...]

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I’m not sure what name you will remember the ‘Flood of ‘09′ by that swept through Northwest GA. For a majority of us it will be the year of the ‘really crazy rains’ or ‘the year we missed school because of rain’. For hundreds of families it is the moment their life was changed forever.
I [...]

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The past four weeks have been an absolute roller coaster. We have seen homes completely demolished, and we have seen neighbors and Christ-followers serve one another on a whole new level. From the very moment that we first became a Red Cross Distribution site, a center that FEMA was referring people to…from the time my [...]

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A couple of days ago a community leader called to ask me  if I would help out with some of the flood relief. I said, “Sure”, and asked what that would mean. He asked if I would be willing to work with some government agencies that were trying to serve Northwest Atlanta in the area [...]

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By now most of you know that West Ridge Church and Engage Atlanta have partnered with Samaritan’s Purse to provide Disaster Relief to NW Atlanta from the recent floods. The damage done in parts of Hiram, Dallas, Powder Springs, and Austell is unlike anything I have ever seen. The number of homes reported as impacted [...]

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I’ve had a ton of great people from around Paulding and Cobb County ask me what will the church be doing in response to the floods that we have experienced over the last couple of days. Several other area churches have contacted me, and I have spent time praying about this as well. I have [...]

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Earlier this week I went out for lunch fully intending to go through the Drive-thru and get back to the office. Upon seeing the line of cars I changed my mind and went inside. I actually do this quite a bit. Going out to lunch and moving from sitting at my desk to sitting in [...]

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This is my update for Warehouse of Hope. I am so amazed how the economy affects everyone. It is personally affecting my family unlike we could ever imagine. But we are blessed because it isn’t affecting us in the extent that I can’t keep diapers on my daughter or food on our table. It is affecting us [...]

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One of the best decisions leaders made about this Community Makeover was to put everyone in one color shirt. This year everyone was in RED. I picked the color, so I apologize if it didn’t fit your skin tone.
One of the purposes of this Community Makeover is to change some of the impressions people have [...]

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I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop getting things done over a month ago with the news caught my attention. Five or six companies announced layoffs that meant 50, 60, 70 thousand people were losing their jobs. 
When I sit and read the news I try to ask the question, what’s a Christ-follower to [...]

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