Never Forget

I was a freshman in college. We had been in classes for just a few weeks. I had a 9:00 am intro-level Music class with Dr. Gorlick. I woke up, threw some clothes on, and headed across campus. As I remember it, when I arrived in the classroom, a few students were...

A Theology of a Sufferer

Daybreak until nightfall, he sat by his wife at the hospital while chemotherapy dripped through the catheter into her heart. He drank coffee and read the Globe. He paced; he worked on poems; he rubbed her back and read aloud. Overcome with dread, they wept and...

What We Didn’t Read

I hope you have enjoyed this extended look at Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians as much as I have. If conversations and exchanges I’ve had with many of you are any indication, this great “love letter to the church” has been just what we’ve needed over the past month as...

September Sermon Series

Ellen Davis writes that the book of Job provides more than just a theology of suffering, but the theology of a sufferer. Suffering is something with which we all have become acquainted in new ways over the past year and a half. Not only have we all been touched in...

A Place to Be

I have had the opportunity to serve as a Ministry Intern with the youth group for the past two school years, and three summers. The FBCX community experienced a shift this summer back towards gathering in ways that used to feel familiar and comfortable. This shift, of...

Wednesday Night Church Returns, September 1

One of the cornerstones of our weekly rhythms that we have most missed is Wednesday Night Church. While these gatherings will look different from years past (both due to Covid precautions and exciting new planned opportunities for children and youth), we look forward...

(End of) Summer Reading

It’s true that reading lists usually come out at the beginning of summer, but as this pandemic persists, time, too, continues to be fluid. In that spirit, enjoy these book recommendations from the church staff for the end of summer, or wherever and whenever your...

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