Category: RiverChurch
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Overwhelmed
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” – Matthew 26:39 ESV Of all the moments leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion, the hardest one for me to wrap my…
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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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Basic Church 101 -“Community”
I know this whole COVID – 19 thing is crazy and causing a lot of unsettledness in our world. The effect of this virus has reached every part of our society including the doors of the Church. Now, just about every community of faith is faced with decisions concerning how, when, & where they will…
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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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Jacob
Every once in a while in your lifetime, God brings someone into your world that just fits. They get you. You get them, and you walk together for as long as He leads you down the same path. For nearly two and a half years I have been blessed with such a person at…
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The Table In the Corner
He came stumbling through our doors back in March. Shivering, sweating, pacing back and forth to our restroom. He was having some terrible withdrawals. I thought he would die right there on our couch in the shop that day. We made him go to the Emergency Room that evening, and later that night drove him…
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Jesus and a Can of Sardines
“You don’t know how good this stuff looks until your hungry!” That’s what Roy said today as I took him to our little food pantry that I told you about yesterday. I suppose he’s one of the first people to receive anything from the pantry. He looked like a kid at Christmas. He picked up…
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Enough is Enough
She stopped me in my tracks today. Darlene, one of our church family members, dropped by Cadence / RiverChurch earlier and in the course of our conversation said “I just can’t bear the thought of people going through our trash for food!” That’s what slapped me in the face. “Who’s going through our trash, Darlene?”…
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Asking for Prayer Support
One of the interesting things about having a coffee shop and a church in the heart of downtown, is the reality that you never know who you’re going to meet on any given day. We’ve had some doozies walk into our doors. Like the guy who walked in drunk one night, years ago, and .…
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“B” and his miracle // inheritance
I truly love the front row seat I have been given to watch God do amazing things in the lives of people, big things, things that bring transformation to the life of people who need it so desperately. In the Summer of this year, a homeless man started coming to RiverChurch. His first Sunday he…