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The First Six Weeks...
August 11th, 2022
This week, a wise man asked me what the most important thing is for me at White rock. My response is to develop relationships with people and hear their stories about how God has been moving in their ... Read More
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It's turtles all the way down
July 4th, 2022
“What you have told us is rubbish. The world is a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.”
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise standing on?”
“You’r... Read More
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Unfold Chapter 4: Flawed but Empowered
June 8th, 2022
Chapter 3 of our Unfold series kicked off with Easter. Similarly, Chapter 4 kicked off with Ascension Sunday, a lesser-known yet also important church holiday in and of itself. What do we “celebrate” ... Read More
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Unfold: Divine Love and Holy Persistence
May 30th, 2022
Divine love continues to surround us. I believe this, and sometimes it is all I can do to believe it. Be reminded the word “believe” in the New Testament can just as easily be translated as “trust.” I... Read More
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WE ARE WHO WE ARE… HOPE PUNK
May 1st, 2022
Rebecca Garrett Pace--SUPER-DUPER NERDY POST COMMENCING IN T-MINUS 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…There is a genre in sci-fi fantasy called Grimdark, in which, to put it simply, everything is horrible, and we’re all d... Read More
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WE ARE WHO WE ARE… IS VLADIMIR PUTIN EVIL?
May 1st, 2022
Chapter 2 of our series Unfold: A Year of Discovering Story, is titled “We Are Who We Are.” In Chapter 1 we focused on the character and nature of God. The title “I Am Who I Am” comes from God’s self ... Read More
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A POEM ABOUT GOD
May 1st, 2022
Rebecca Garrett Pace--PAUL TO THE ATHENIANS SPOKE BABBLETHIS NEWS OF A GOD UNKNOWNNOW GOD IS LOVE MOST PERSONALPilate to Jesus spoke riddleWhat is truth?Now God is Truth most knowableComposers ancient... Read More
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I AM WHO I AM… BUT WHO IS GOD?
May 1st, 2022
Rev. Phil Dieke--Having finished two weeks in the Prologue, setting the stage by discussing the power of story, we now move into Chapter 1. And what better place to begin than with God? God.Could ther... Read More
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ANCIENT BUT NEVER OLD
May 1st, 2022
Rev. Phil Dieke--In our family, we often play a game we call “Top Five/Bottom Five.” I have no idea if this is a real game, or if my husband and stepkids invented it, but it’s one of those conversatio... Read More
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HOW IS IT WITH YOUR SOUL?
May 1st, 2022
Rev. Phil Dieke--How many times have you shared a similar exchange not particularly thinking about your response, much less sharing how you really are doing? Countless times, I’m sure. When I was in c... Read More
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PRAYERS FOR UKRAINE
May 1st, 2022
A Letter From Rev. Mitchell BooneSenior Pastor—To My Beloved Community, This has been a deeply troubling week. As a person of faith who strives to see the world through the Gospel’s call to peace, the... Read More
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GROUNDED: MAJESTY AND DIGNITY
May 1st, 2022
A Reflection on Psalm 8By: Rebecca Garrett Pace, Minister of Worship & The Arts—“What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?Yet you have made them a little l... Read More