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Gather 25

February 25, 2025

We are just a few days away! I'm getting so excited about GATHER 25! The GLOBAL CHURCH is gathering in less than a week! Gather25 is an unprecedented 25-hour global broadcast event telling the

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Discover What’s Happening at Pulpit Rock Church!

January 15, 2025

Pulpit Rock Church is full of exciting events this season, offering something for everyone—spiritual growth, fellowship, and opportunities to give back. 1. Beers & BrothersKick off your weekend

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What is the Family Table & How to learn more?

January 10, 2025

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A Note from our <br> Preaching Team at Pulpit Rock

August 7, 2024

A note from Jonathan:  In recent months we’ve been working on a staffing adjustment, and I wanted to update you with what’s underway. This April as we were doing some long-range planning,

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A Debt Free Future & Why Your Giving Matters

May 10, 2023

Hello Church, It’s hard to believe that summer is just around the corner. Maybe it’s the lingering cold temps this year or just the truth that the days fly by faster the older we get, but for

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GATHERINGS & EVENTS

Lets Talk Tables

January 17, 2023

We talk about the Table at Pulpit Rock a lot – Jesus spent so much of his time around tables and the early church gathered regularly to break bread and spend time in conversation and prayer.  We have

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A Wonderful Womens Weekend

November 29, 2022

 It felt fitting as we drove to Westcliffe during the first real snow of the season, watching Fall and Winter in a beautiful collision. I’ve been drawn to the overlap of seasons recently. The mornings

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Hope & Home Christmas Toy Drive

November 16, 2022

This Christmas season, we have the opportunity to join with Hope & Home in their Christmas Toy Drive! Hope & Home is a wonderful organization here in Colorado Springs that trains and

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Acts: Empowered

October 17, 2022

October 16th, 2022 | Acts 4:1-22 "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

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The Remnant Generation

May 29, 2022

May 29 2022 Hear the story of what God is doing through The Remnant Generation in Africa. How God prepared the world for us. God knew where we would thrive in where you were meant to be. We are where

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Welcome to the Table | Tribalism

July 9, 2020

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Who do you say that I am?

August 30, 2019

A long time ago, in a town far, far away, there was born one who would astound the world. This fall we are embarking on the most amazing story ever told. About a man who visited our planet and

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Protected: Spread the Love

April 10, 2019

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We asked. You gave. What a venture!

January 16, 2019

As a church we believe that we exist to help people journey with God and that a key part of that journey is us joining God where he is at work in the world. We do this in all sorts of different ways,

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Stockings for the Homeless

January 4, 2019

In the fall of 2017, as I was reading the Springs Rescue Mission newsletter I noticed an item about their need to create some additional space for homeless women. Many of these women who were without

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Building Beds and Lighting Candles

December 12, 2018

Advent celebrates the sending of Jesus Christ. He who has been sent will also be sent again to redeem all things. This One who was sent to us also sends us. He came to bring light to the world

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No Services on December 30th

December 10, 2018

This summer God surprised me. I felt like he said, “Thomas, you often dictate the terms of our relationship.” I’ve operated for years with regular appointments to pray, read my Bible, and hear from

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Our Military Family Gathering

December 4, 2018

Here’s what we know: Colorado Springs has over 100,000 Veterans that are registered with the VA, so potentially more if you factor in the small percentage that are not registered. We have 5

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Christmas Offering | Retire our Mortgage

December 3, 2018

For the past three weeks, we've shared the projects that we are supporting with the 1st $100,000 of our offering. After we get that first $100,000 we are going to tackle the 2nd $100,000. We want to

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In the Waiting

December 2, 2018

Hope is a flirt. She bats her eyes at us, beckoning us closer. And then when we draw near, she suddenly turns and runs. And as she goes, she looks back over her shoulder, laughs and says, “Come

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Ways to Practice Advent This Year

December 1, 2018

Tomorrow we enter the season of Advent. For Christ-followers, this is a sacred part of the liturgical calendar - a time of preparation and expectation as we anticipate the birth of our Savior and

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Parent Cue

November 28, 2018

We are all formed by our family up-bringing. When we have children of our own it causes us to do a lot of soul searching. My dad grew up without his dad. Right after high school he enlisted in the

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Christmas Offering | The Exodus Road

November 26, 2018

We love what the Exodus Road does. They work with local authorities all over the world to find and free people caught in sex trafficking. Over the last few years, they’ve been bringing what they do to

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Thoughts on Thursday Serve Day

November 22, 2018

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Breathing Out Gratitude

November 21, 2018

Our little girl starts her day the same every morning. Arms stretched out and upward with a sweet grin. After waking up with my usual grunting or weariness from a short night, this is a bright spot to

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Christmas Offering | Refugee Lighthouses

November 19, 2018

Pastor Mohammad Yamout is a Lebanese pastor who has stepped into the refugee crisis in the middle east. There are really large refugee camps all over the middle east - camps that have been there for

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Lead with Welcome

November 13, 2018

Traveling through Ireland this summer, I was struck at the greeting I would receive when I entered a home or a cab or a pub. The first thing out of my hosts mouth was, “You’re very

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Christmas Offering 2018 | Missional Expressions Fund

November 12, 2018

One of the things we’ve learned through the Christmas Offering is to focus on God’s Kingdom not on the “kingdom of Pulpit Rock.” We have been blown away at what God can accomplish when we stop caring

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Finding the Quiet Place

November 7, 2018

Public schools, like life, are loud. Long beeps signal the end of class periods, the loose air conditioning vent rattles on and on in the ceiling, and the copy machine offers a rhythmic mechanical

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Let's Celebrate!

November 6, 2018

We have reached a benchmark with CarePortal. Please stop and take a moment to celebrate with me! $100,000 That is the amount in dollars that Pulpit Rock Church members have spent of their own money

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1,000 Survivors

October 31, 2018

At Pulpit Rock, we believe that one of the most effective ways to change the world is to partner with organizations that are uniquely equipped to help in ways or places we cannot. So we look for

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God feeds the 200. A modern day Bible story.

October 26, 2018

Hi, my name is Megan Wood and I am one of the few people of our community that has been to Haiti. Haiti is a wonderful country that has sadly been under some very harsh conditions. However, even so

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CityServe 2018

October 24, 2018

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Ten hours of crazytown? I’m in.

October 23, 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.9"] They said it couldn’t be done. They said it was crazy. They said no one could face the pressure.

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Keep Calm. Ask A Mom.

October 15, 2018

Have you ever heard of “Ask a Mom”? It’s a fantastic service moms in our church offer to students at UCCS. They literally stand next to a table of free cookies and bandaids with shirts on that say

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Introducing … Expressions3Studio

October 9, 2018

At Pulpit Rock Church our belief is that God is Creator as stated in the first five words found in Genesis. Therefore we are all created in His image. We also believe at the core of who we are as

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Free to Be Me | An Art Journaling Class

October 8, 2018

I’ve always been a crafty person. No, not “crafty like a fox” crafty, but you know. CRAFTS. One of my earliest memories is sitting next to my Nana, learning how to crochet. Granted, all I knew to do

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SENT | Richie Bottinelli | Serving Our Country Overseas

October 5, 2018

SENT is part of a new weekly series telling stories of people at Pulpit Rock living missionally in their unique contexts. We believe that all of us have been SENT into our neighborhoods, workplaces

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You helped Exodus Road build a Cyber Operations Center.

October 3, 2018

Remember last year when we told you about an organization called Exodus Road? You might remember that a part of last year's Christmas offering went to finance a new Cyber Operations Center. Well we

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PRiSM in Summer Fun Club

September 27, 2018

At Pulpit Rock we know that healthy rhythms and seasons of rest are vital! This is one reason why in Kids Ministry we encourage our Grove (Sunday elementary program) volunteers to take two months of

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Less Religion. More Jesus.

September 26, 2018

Stepping back into Pulpit Rock after my summer sabbatical, I found myself smack dab in the Exodus story, with my favorite Biblical character, Moses. I get Moses. He and I share similar

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The Real Reason God Wanted Me in Ethiopia

September 24, 2018

I was so excited to go to Ethiopia for the first time. Ever since I was a small child, I remember feeling called to missions in Africa. Our team had been meeting for months and training hard. I had

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COSILoveYou Weekend is coming…

September 20, 2018

We are excited to partner again with COSILoveYou for a special weekend coming up in October! Citywide Worship It will start with Citywide Worship, an evening of song and prayer, with guest

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In Which Bunkbeds Keep a Family Together

September 18, 2018

Bunkbed deliveries are becoming a regular occurrence for our PRC Love Your Neighbor team. A request comes through CarePortal, from a DHS caseworker, with a brief description of the situation and the

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Introducing the Expressions Gallery

September 8, 2018

As you walk through church this Sunday, keep your eyes up. We've got something super exciting in the works! We're calling it the Expressions Gallery. The gallery is located in the hallway

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Seeking to Know What Matters to God

September 6, 2018

I sincerely enjoy one to one, face-to-face meetings. They allow for heartfelt conversation and sharing with openheartedness. Maybe it's gathering around the table for a meal, as simple as coffee

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Do you truly know how beautifully you’re made?

August 29, 2018

We are called to be missional people. Salt and light to our neighbors, the people we might run into at the store, bringing a taste and a glimpse of the Kingdom wherever our footsteps lead us. But

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The Problem with Church (Definitively Explained) … And How to Fix it in 3 Easy Steps.

August 27, 2018

Formation is a series of posts about ideas and truths God is using to shape us at Pulpit Rock. …ok, that was a misleading title. But I’m glad you clicked on it, because it shows that you

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Living in God’s presence. A reflection on sabbatical.

August 22, 2018

Diane Stermer recently returned from a six week sabbatical and shares some of her thoughts on her time away. I am extremely grateful for the gift of a sabbatical although in the beginning of my

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52 Weeks

August 20, 2018

https://youtu.be/wPBscNZpYCk God's given us a pretty amazing place to call home. Here's what a year of Sunday morning views from the roof of Pulpit Rock looks like. Not too shabby,

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Welcome back, roommate!

August 15, 2018

After filling out my 32nd school re-enrollment form (I’m not kidding, I counted), my mind was numb. And I had two thoughts: I wonder if I should have read any of those things I just signed?

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Grace in the Darkness

August 13, 2018

There is a deep, dark cave in Okinawa, Japan with a history that speaks to me. It’s hidden among the vines and thick green branches of a jungle that looks almost fake, straight out of an old Swiss

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Story Time and Build Project

August 9, 2018

https://youtu.be/afSC5CVUV-g A few weeks ago we did a special building event for our weekly Story Time. It was a smashing success! We'd like to give a special shout out to Megan Steinhauser, Luke

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Ice Cream or Monsters?

August 6, 2018

Formation is a series of posts about ideas and truths God is using to shape us at Pulpit Rock. Have you ever met a kid who didn't love ice cream? When you're a kid, isn't that just the apex of

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We gathered. We celebrated. We worshiped.

August 1, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez4RA9Y_Pdc  

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The problem with calling sin “sin” (and some alternatives).

July 30, 2018

Formation is a series of posts about ideas and truths God is using to shape us at Pulpit Rock. I was recently sipping some coffee and listening to a sermon from a friend of mine who pastors at

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Finding connection at the table.

July 26, 2018

Growing up in a close knit family and being part of various small groups over the years, I have such a deep desire for everyone to experience the benefit of close friends to do life with and provide

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On Adoration as Worship

July 25, 2018

Worship music has always been something close to my heart. Lyrics seem to connect me deeply to the Lord and I am prone to listen to the same song on repeat for a month (or forever) once I find it. I’m

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Sitting under a woman’s teaching—when it’s been taboo all your life.

July 23, 2018

I’ve been attending Pulpit Rock for a few years, and I have to say, I’ve been warned about Christians like you. The thing is, I didn’t know what kind of Christians you were until it was too

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On Generosity

July 16, 2018

There is a constant struggle and tension in my life between following rules (I am a type-A person) and showing God’s grace and generosity. At Sports Camp a couple weeks ago, I made enough snack

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The Prayer Wall

July 9, 2018

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I am helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me. ~C.S.

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Highlights from Sports Camp 2018

July 4, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOiLQ4i8XXE

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Sports Camp Starts Tonight!

June 25, 2018

https://vimeo.com/276892003   Will you join us in prayer? Will you be praying for the 103 kids registered from 61 families. That they would see Jesus in everything we do this week! That they

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Community for Young Adults

June 24, 2018

Over the past several months it has been clear that God has been bringing young adults to Pulpit Rock. With the UCCS campus right next door and Colorado Springs being an incredible place to live

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Because We Don’t Think Kids Should Sleep on Floors…

June 23, 2018

A few months ago, God stirred in one man's heart the desire to do something practical to meet the needs of our neighbors in Colorado Springs. He listened and acted, and then we watched as it grew

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Sports Camp is Coming in 4 Days!

June 21, 2018

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Words from Him … Just for Me

May 22, 2018

For a long time, my addiction to learning came alongside a necessity to achieve. There was something to prove by my knowledge and there were people to impress with my growth. However, in the last

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Videos to Feed Your Soul

May 16, 2018

Recently I received this email from a woman that works in Senegal alongside our Pulpit Rock missionary Sherry Campbell. Dear Caitlin, My name is Angeline from Senegal. I am really thankful for your

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And the winner is…

May 9, 2018

A few weeks ago, our Ask-a-Mom team provided a prize for the UCCS Wellness Fair door prize drawing. The prize was “Dinner with Mom” for the winning student and three friends. At the Fair, the

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Coming Summer 2018…

April 11, 2018

So you know that this summer Thomas is taking a sabbatical. But in case you are anxious about what we'll do without him around, we'd like to put your mind at ease. No, scratch that. WE WANT

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This can’t be the end.

March 25, 2018

A [fictional] journal entry from one of the twelve on the night Jesus was betrayed. Three years, Jesus. THREE YEARS. I gave up EVERYTHING I KNEW for you. For this idea that you were the

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My First Ever Sabbatical

March 20, 2018

This year marks my 30th year of serving Christ in a church, and 20 years of full time ministry. Into this grateful calling I have been given a generous gift—my first ever sabbatical this summer. I

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A Lament for School Safety

March 14, 2018

I want you to join me in a lament. A crying out that helps us take our anger and sense of injustice to God and call him to act. To step in where things are not the way they should be. We lament

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Afraid of My Own Beauty

March 1, 2018

We’ve spent the last four weeks in the H.E.R. series, where we’ve looked at the ways we treat and think about women in our world. It is very important to us that Pulpit Rock Church be a safe place for

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On Sexual Assault and Salvation

February 20, 2018

We've spent the last three week in the H.E.R. series, where we've looked at the ways we treat and think about women in our world. It is very important to us that Pulpit Rock Church be a safe place for

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If a 17-year-old in 2018 wrote the Psalms…

February 12, 2018

This past Sunday our Student Ministry concluded a five week series in Psalms. To close out the series, we asked our students to write their own Psalm in their words, using their language. Some wrote

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Gather and Remember

February 1, 2018

Pictures, music, journals and post-it notes are my close companions. My home and classroom are covered in pictures to remind me that I am loved and never alone. Most songs I hear are associated with a

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A Cultural Reckoning

January 29, 2018

Sometimes the church speaks into the culture, and other times the culture calls out to the church. I believe right now our nation is seeing a reckoning. The #metoo movement has caused us to step back

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Who Is Really at the Center of This Story?

January 24, 2018

When I was young, I read C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” starting with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Dawn Treader. Each book was better than the last as the

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Know Your Story, Shape Your Future

January 18, 2018

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Spiritual practices for the burnt, broken, curious or stuck

January 16, 2018

For much of my life I understood, “having a personal relationship with Jesus” as a simple, three-step process. Step one: Pray to accept Jesus as your personal Savior. Step two: Have a quiet time every

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The Top Ten Moments of 2017

January 9, 2018

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Men’s Softball: 2018 Season

January 3, 2018

Have you seen a baseball player hit a walk-off, game-losing home run? Well, it can happen in recreational softball (I've had first-hand experience). Are you interested in being a part of such

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Buffalo Joy

December 22, 2017

As Pastor Kyle was speaking in church on Sunday, I kept thinking about my parents. Most of what I’ve learned about joy, I’ve learned from them, but the lessons didn’t come so much through some

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On Santa's Economy and Advent

December 19, 2017

If Santa’s reputation can be trusted, I’m getting coal this Christmas. It’s as it should be. This year my prayer life has limped along, and my selfishness has run rampant. I justify my actions and

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Be Thou My Vision

December 7, 2017

If we could see her real face, it (pornography, prostitution) would lose its appeal in a moment. -Jonathan Cleveland Be thou my vision. My suspicion is that we don’t see things in this

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The Freedom of Having a Plan

December 5, 2017

My wife Andrea and I are big ... BIG ... fans of Dave Ramsey. Why? Because within 2 years of following his steps we paid off $120,000 in debt! So when Pulpit Rock asked us to host the upcoming

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Pursuing the Slow Fixes

November 30, 2017

I have a soft spot for teenagers. They are hot messes and young little adults who want to be adults without the responsibilities. And yet they are this beautiful mix of innocence and courage and

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How We Love Our Neighbors

November 28, 2017

Not everyone is called to go out and preach the gospel. Not everyone is called to go across the world with church mission trips or volunteer with students. Not everyone is called to preach on stage on

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A Call to Lament

November 20, 2017

To be quite honest, my life is pretty easy. If I am hungry, I go to my refrigerator. It is full because it is easy for me to drive my gas-filled car to the store to buy groceries with my debit card

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The Forever Table of Peace

November 6, 2017

Yesterday my morning joy at seeing God work in our church was smashed by my afternoon horror at seeing evil work at a church in Texas. My despair at seeing us hit over 300 mass shootings in 2017

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My Actual Table

November 4, 2017

I’ve been drawn to my physical dining room table recently. This is a new and unusual spot as you can most often find me in comfy chairs with blankets and warmth. To be honest, the habit has formed

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Worth Celebrating: The Journey of My Soul

October 31, 2017

Most of my spiritual life, I have interacted with God as Creator. I saw Him as Good - all knowing, all powerful, a part of every bit of creation. I could trust Him to hold all things together. God

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Invited to Their Table

October 24, 2017

For the past couple months, Thomas has been walking us through all the times when Jesus met people at tables and the importance of what he accomplished over food. Although we have been focusing on who

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This is Brokenness

October 19, 2017

About a week ago, I was sitting in a brothel in Southeast Asia with my arm around a young girl named Kwan. She was shivering with cold. And I put my arm round her hoping it would make her a little

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What Love Meant

October 16, 2017

At Pulpit Rock, we value courageous vulnerability. Our hope is that we can offer you a safe place to be you. As you are. We want to be a place where there’s no need to pretend you have it all

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I’m Just a Person

October 9, 2017

At Pulpit Rock, we value courageous vulnerability. Our hope is that we can offer you a safe place to be you. As you are. We want to be a place where there’s no need to pretend you have it all

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Struggles with The Table

September 25, 2017

I have been really enjoying the current sermon series, Sometimes it Takes a Table. At least for the most part. I’m a visual person and being able to picture Christ at an actual, physical table

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Finding God in Our Story

September 20, 2017

“Momma, is it time to read yet?” “Yes. Go pick a book.” “Here, Momma. I picked this one.” My young son would smile, hand me the book, then climb on my lap. “Harold and the Purple Crayon.

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Helping Houston

August 29, 2017

We have all seen the images of waters rising in Houston, and we are devastated for the people living there. Often in tragedy we wonder how best to respond. We pray, we reach out, we look to God for

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