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Chuck Ammons
Jul 29, 20245 min read
Mind Your Mind, Part 4: Elevating and Celebrating Glory
Over the course of the past month, we have joined the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians, seeking to renew our minds and...
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Chuck Ammons
Jul 22, 20245 min read
Mind Your Mind, Part 3: Making Earth More Like Heaven
“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 Do you remember the phrase, “Sticks and stones may...
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Chuck Ammons
Jul 15, 20245 min read
Mind Your Mind, Part 2: Thinking Worthy Thoughts
“You will live like who you believe you are.” There is an ancient trick in advertising called “the power of suggestion.” And whether you...
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Kaitland Taflinger
Jul 11, 20245 min read
On Goldfish and God's Grace
** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my very dear friend, Kaitland Taflinger! I have walked with Kaitland for over 20 years now,...
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Chuck Ammons
Jul 1, 20245 min read
Mind Your Mind, Part 1: Thinking What is TRUE...
“Thoughts create landscapes and words build worlds.” You and I will live like who we believe we are, and we will act on what we...
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Chuck Ammons
Jun 24, 20245 min read
Burn the Plows: What Surrender Looks Like in the Kingdom of God
There’s this crazy story at the end of 1 Kings, where God tells Elijah to name his successor in a guy named Elisha. The nearly identical...
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Erin Arruda
Jun 20, 20243 min read
That Time I Almost Drowned
** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my spiritual sister, Erin Arruda! There just aren't words for how deeply Erin, her husband...
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Chuck Ammons
Jun 17, 20245 min read
“Honor Such Men” : A Call to Sons, Brothers, Workers, Soldiers, and Servants
Yesterday was Father’s Day. I am grateful for a culture that stops to recognize and celebrate men of honor. In the age of Homer Simpson...
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Kaitland Taflinger
Jun 13, 20244 min read
Where My Laundry Goes to Die
** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my very dear friend, Kaitland Taflinger! I have walked with Kaitland for over 20 years now,...
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Chuck Ammons
Jun 10, 20245 min read
Christmas Morning
I’m going to do something today that I don’t usually do. The following glimpse into my soul wasn’t written to be shared on any public...
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Chuck Ammons
Jun 6, 20245 min read
Bible Promises for HOPE in a Broken World, Part 2
Every day, a million voices are vying for our attention and our affection; for our hearts and our hope…and the loudest voice wins. Since...
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Chuck Ammons
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Bible Promises for HOPE in a Broken World, Part 1
Every day, a million voices are vying for our attention and our affection; for our hearts and our hope…and the loudest voice wins. Since...
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Brenda Balogh
May 30, 20244 min read
This Little Light of Mine
** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my very dear friend and one of my co-pastors at my home church, Brenda Balogh! Jill and I...
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Chuck Ammons
May 27, 20245 min read
The Upside Down Kingdom
Yesterday, my family and I sat to play a new board game as my oldest, Bradley, pulled a card with this challenge: “Say the alphabet...
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Chuck Ammons
May 20, 20245 min read
A Little Light is Breaking Through
Yesterday, I found myself in the midst of a miracle that moves me to my core. I stood in an arena alongside 5,000 brothers and sisters...
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Ella Arruda
May 16, 20244 min read
Fixing Our Eyes on the King
** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my very dear friend, Ella! I have had the delight of walking alongside this 16 year old...
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Chuck Ammons
May 13, 20245 min read
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Friends
Adam stood alone in Eden, and though it was a lush paradise in a world entirely untainted by sin… Though he knew the friendship and...
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Chuck Ammons
May 5, 20245 min read
Love at 3 Miles an Hour
“Love has its speed. It is a spiritual speed. It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed. It...
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Chuck Ammons
Apr 29, 20246 min read
Busyness is a Drug...and Most of Us are Addicts
How Jesus Plus Nothing is Still the “Good News” we Need Do you remember the time when Jesus preached a message so controversial that all...
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Chuck Ammons
Apr 22, 20245 min read
Love is Slow
As I am writing, I am looking across breathtaking plains on a cool morning in South Africa where our missions team has had the joy to...
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