“Our scars become conversation starters for the gospel.” I loved those words shared by Pastor Andy Coats at the start of his message yesterday at Trinity Baptist Church on “Beautifully Broken: 5 Lessons We Can Learn From 2 Corinthians 5:17-21”. We all have brokenness in our lives. We are busy people who have been hurt…

Have you ever experienced periods in your life where you weren’t walking in step with Christ? When your life is out of rhythm with your walk as a Christian, you tend to feel exhausted, burned out, and broken. Why? Because the ways of the world draw us to sin. We have a constant battle to…

Abraham said it.Jacob said it.Moses said it.Samuel said it.Isaiah said it.Ananias said it. When the Lord calls out to you, do you respond with, it? In our Connect Group at Trinity Baptist Church today, we wrapped up our study of Thom Rainer’s book “I Will.” We reviewed how your attitude about life impacts everyone and…

How many times in your life have you looked back on something and said the words, “I wish that I would have _________.” Often in life we are equipped with the knowledge about things, but we choose not to act on that knowledge. That’s because having knowledge without knowing what the future holds creates a…

In our Connect Group on Sunday, Josh Mudford led us in a discussion on how we can avoid the traps of “Churchianity” and focus our Sunday mornings on being more about Christianity. He asked us to ponder the question, “What is a successful Sunday?” Worded differently, he asked us to ponder, “How can we look…

“I don’t need church!” I hear some version of that on a regular basis when I invite people to join me on Sunday mornings. That thought is probably rooted in a painful past experience, a disappointing moment, or a false reality that somehow not belonging to church but expressing faith is all it takes to…

Are you a fixer? Of all my flaws, I believe being a “fixer” might be my biggest one. You can’t solve other people’s problems. Only God can. I’ve pondered that thought a lot lately, and as I have, I have continued to be drawn to two things. First, I have been drawn to these words…

Have you ever felt like you were on the right path, but then things just didn’t work out the way you expected them to work out? In his message Sunday at Trinity Baptist Church, Pastor Andy Coats shared that God designed us with the potential to be completely equipped for every good work. God is…

Someone asked me recently, “Why do you post your church notes and so much personal stuff now on social media?” It’s an interesting story really. I use social media as a way to document our family’s life. It’s so much easier than the scrapbooking days of my youth. Once a year, I print all of…

At the age of 26, I found myself mentally and financially broken. I had spent nearly two years in a relationship I knew weeks into wasn’t the right spot for me, but I stayed for the wrong reasons. A coworker recognized my situation. She offered me a room in her home and invited me to…