Category: Family
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J O
You’ve had a solid run, Josie Greer as our baker at Mayfly Coffee. You’ve made some killer scones, expanded our gluten free offerings all the while with a work ethic that is unparalleled. When most High School Juniors and Seniors were still sleeping you were up countless early mornings going up on the mountain to bake your…
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K E N Z I E
When she was in 8th grade she stepped behind our cash register at Cadence Coffee on 7th and started taking orders. She learned the skills she needed to become an excellent barista and equally excellent manager at not one but two locations. When I asked her to take the manager role at Mayfly she took the role…
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N O A C C I D E N T S
I saw your picture today. You were in my “memories.” You won’t remember us – but we can never forget you. You came into our life as unexpectedly as you left. I’ll never forget the night at church when your mom walked in from the streets and asked me to pray for you in her…
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Isaac
Disclaimer: This post is nearly three times longer than my typical posts. I’ve had several folks reach out and ask how we are doing, and haven’t really had the words to express. I know people everywhere are having to deal with the challenges of their present reality in their own unique way. Countless others have…
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Potential.
Happy New Year! I love New Years Day. It is truly a day of all things new. I am mindful today that so much potential is locked up inside the next 365 days, and I want to do everything that I can to discover each day’s potential in 2020. I want to make every day…
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Nine
Nine. I’m sure there is some sort of great spiritual significance to the number nine. But this weekend the number nine is significant because it was that many years ago that RiverChurch Chattanooga officially launched. This weekend always brings a great deal of reflection for me, every year. Lots of memories. Lots of mountain tops.…
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What Was I Thinking?
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. In years past during the Christmas season, I’ve played the part of Joseph, a shepherd, a wise man. I’ve been the Little Drummer Boy, narrated a Christmas musical, and played an adult modern version of Joseph, singing “Now I’m a Believer,” by the Monkeys. I’ve…
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Scared
So I shared a great memory with my son this past week. He was playing in his end of season baseball tournament, and this season I’ve had the opportunity to hang out in the dug out with the team. Jay’s team has a head coach and two assistants, and on this particular night the two…
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Seven Years
I’ve told the story a thousand times about a brief conversation I had with my wife, as we were making plans to move to Chattanooga to plant a church almost 10 years ago. It went something like this: Me: Wouldn’t it be cool to one day have a church AND a coffee shop downtown Chattanooga?…
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Chuck The Chicken
Its part of our morning routine. As I take Jayden to school, we get up on the freeway, and we both look hard to see if we can see Chuck – the Chicken. Chuck is actually probably Charlotte or Chloe, but we named her Chuck one morning, and since then that’s the name that stuck.…