<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Chuck Ammons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chuck Ammons]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:05:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.chuckammons.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Three Reversals of Palm Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Jesus is Unlike Any King We’ve Ever Known On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem in what came to be known as the “Triumphal Entry.” At first glance, it looked like a moment of revival. Jesus arrived, and the people bowed before Him as their King. Shouting “Hosanna,” they worshiped, using great church words like, “peace, blessing, glory, and salvation.” John says the crowd grew so large, the religious leaders lamented that the “whole world was going after Him” (John 12:19).  Yet one week...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/the-three-reversals-of-palm-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c8af3f495b61304352c8c1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_3ed0db1194e3440f8fb2f714b2d1e9b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Be a Presence-Centered Parent: Why Proximity to God and Your Child Outshines Every Pressure to Perform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine you're given a small plot of land—a garden with rich soil, invisible seeds already planted, and a single promise:  "If you tend...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/how-to-be-a-presence-centered-parent-why-proximity-to-god-and-your-child-outshines-every-pressure-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684d89d90bff2516d867623e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:00:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf62b_ff8d63f3614745af900e1ea0a654bbc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fathered First: How Living as a Son Transforms the Way You Lead]]></title><description><![CDATA[My dad died when I was six, two days before Thanksgiving . My earliest moving picture memory was, of all days, from the moment my mom...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/fathered-first-how-living-as-a-son-transforms-the-way-you-lead</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684ae3eedef2409d16baa9c5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:00:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_72521f9f57c74aba94b3d257e83bce19~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reliving a Day: A Call to Radical “Here-ness” in the Present Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past week, I sat in a Creative Writing class at my church as my friend Kristin taught us, giving us this prompt:  “Reflect on a Day...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/reliving-a-day-a-call-to-radical-here-ness-in-the-present-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67f18e09b62b988f559aa439</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:00:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_eca1b8e0da1e4e72b33ea231fb3bd43a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Lens]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Could Happen if You Saw Every Person, Every Meeting, and Every Day as an Invitation to Discipleship? I was up in the mountains...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/a-new-lens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67dca0c8c4c8d64ec978d264</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_aedd5dead89d4783b383740b4b858e13~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Scapegoat: ]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Jesus Came to Set Us Free from Self-Righteous Pride and Misguided Justice Scapegoating: “The act of unfairly blaming an individual or...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/the-last-scapegoat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67cb8322b1797c58cdaa7171</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_d74918f6f1c84f199ab8a527d6f0163e~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Gives “More than You Can Handle”…and it’s a Good Thing!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Along the way, most of us have been taught some bad theology we need to unlearn. Have you ever heard the popular saying, “God will never...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/god-gives-more-than-you-can-handle-and-it-s-a-good-thing-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a7711a27ec510ec2675af8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:01:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_43662a8a97e0458fa9665de00da28d3f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Six Voices that Want our Attention…and What to DO About It:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking Our Thoughts (and Our Lives) Captive to Run After Jesus Every day, many voices compete for our attention  and affection . This...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/the-six-voices-that-want-our-attention-and-what-to-do-about-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679fda5ef6468bbbe3111cd0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_34e9eada310d47bfbae7c69c50cfed69~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Apathy to Awake: Exchanging Lethargy for Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Practical Ways to Overcome Spiritual Stagnation and Embrace Vibrant Faith "Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor ,...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/from-apathy-to-awake-exchanging-lethargy-for-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6777d0cddbc68e1cacc01fb3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_e7950a04a9914eabb9cb4b909a03d810~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Called Elsewhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[** I am HONORED to feature this guest blog from my dear friend, Graham Spiegel! 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Bailey is 16 years old, and I have had the joy of knowing her for her...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/how-i-m-learning-a-life-of-generosity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674dc097cf5a08407169fa5b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:05:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_e2a5fa5989ef43a897af9769d65150f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bailey Balogh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes in a Half Shell: How I Re-Learned Childlike Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[** I am HONORED to feature this guest blog from my son, Josiah Ammons! The passion, wisdom, and depth of love I witness from my son every...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/heroes-in-a-half-shell-how-i-re-learned-childlike-faith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67425420572bc4298cd645f8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_f68fa833b99e4b9aa50aab6cd9940c10~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Josiah Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reawakening the Way Back to Wonder]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The apostles gathered around Jesus and…so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/reawakening-the-way-back-to-wonder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673b866505ed9d0c9ae4363e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:46:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_ee28cd0eae2549e7856888f49608e845~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Christians Don’t Look Like Christ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a quote famously linked to social activist Mahatma Gandhi that states, “I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians....]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/when-christians-don-t-look-like-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67291e91d0586acb781682dd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_a8f56341fe244d9b824883d7859c0bb3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beholding the Lamb (in a Land of Elephants and Donkeys)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Politics:  from the ancient Greek, ‘politika,’ “affairs of the city.” “A set of activities that directs the collective decisions and...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/beholding-the-lamb-in-a-land-of-elephants-and-donkeys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671fc55b92d2d7da314fe4d3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:23:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_34c3a7b069fe402d98d9492a9e1ce33c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking the Tension Between Beauty and Brokenness]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been a few weeks, friends. I could go on and on  (as many of my friends in the Southeast U.S. could)  about the trials, exhaustion,...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/walking-the-tension-between-beauty-and-brokenness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671672aa7e226ea8ddd62f77</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:31:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_f0fd1a964b2d4918a226b62cf539d1d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Prayer for Those in the Eye of a Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Lord, Have Mercy.  Christ, Have Mercy.  Lord, Have Mercy on Us.”  — Kyrie Eleison Prayer I write these words from my hometown of Tampa,...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/a-prayer-for-those-in-the-eye-of-a-storm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6703d8f4ec79378cecfcfa7d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:56:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_193b553dc2494cc3a5292934553ed6af~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Still]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are certain life-giving words that find residence within us. It might be a verse highlighted in your Bible, an affirmation printed...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/be-still</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66fa97a7db76332839cfe9d7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_0fde6505921b43ac9efee81e44110237~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope in Uncertain Times: Good News from Isaiah 40]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, I found myself enraptured by the words of the prophet Isaiah. 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Tensions rise on both the right and the left as many have once again allowed...]]></description><link>https://www.chuckammons.com/post/losing-us-versus-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e8333b687a496736b5649d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:44:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95921e_73d82386fa2f4a9c97f949e4ad366f41~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chuck Ammons</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>