Corporate Worship Update
/in COVID-19/by Rob Idom“The no-masks are coming! The no-masks are coming!” Maybe a bit exaggerated, but the transition into normal life may have many people feeling like Paul Revere, while for others, it feels like freedom is right around the corner. No matter where you are on that spectrum, we want to faithfully respond to recent news as […]
Entering Rest
/in Emotional Healing, The Church/by PeteI can’t wait for this to be over. How about you? At this point, does it even matter what the “this” is? Election. Pandemic. Holiday weight gain. Running out of milk. Even when things go well, isn’t it difficult to fully enjoy it? At least sometimes? I worry about enjoying things so much that I […]
Virtually Goodbye
/in The Church/by PeteIt’s not you, it’s me. Ok, it’s you too. But mostly, it’s me. It’s time for us to break up. Or perhaps more accurately and specifically, it’s time for me to step away from social media and custom news feeds. It may not be forever. But it needs to be so for now. I do […]
Unapologetically Black and Unashamedly Christian Conference [Recap]
/in Church Partnership, Race & Faith/by Imago DeiImago Dei Church had the privilege of hosting this conference in July of 2020. In the middle of a global pandemic and historic civil rights movement, we saw God bring together people from all walks of life to learn more about His beauty as displayed in and through the Black church. People traveled from as […]
Ressurecting Gospel
/in Community, Race & Faith/by Imago Dei“Just preach the gospel.” “If people were this fired up about Jesus’ death, the world would be changed.” “Be careful of churches ‘going liberal.’” “A social gospel is a false gospel.” Have you heard or thought of any of these ideas over the past few weeks? I have. And there is some merit to them, […]