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- You are on the blog now. It's stuff from the hearts and minds of Stonebriar staff. It is more people's views than anything else, but we wouldn't have hired these folks if they didn't agree with the core beliefs we hold true. This blog is a casual forum for polite, open discussion, not a platform for pronouncing doctrine. Know that what you read here is opinion and not the official position or teachings of the church.
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Veteran News Anchor at Stonebriar
July 25th 2007
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As many of you would imagine, we have a lot of fun serving on staff at Stonebriar Community Church. A joke that we say around here, is that one will never go hungry and most of us gain a few pounds our first year…”the freshmen 15″! So you can imagine the snickering when we dubbed 2007 as the year to “Get Healthy”. Each month this year, we have held a health and wellness lunch seminars on various topics ranging from weight loss, fitness, nutrition to encourage individuals on their road of healthy living. For these monthly seminars, we try to …
Running Out of Time?
July 24th 2007
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How many times have each of you been talking with someone and used the phrase “I wish I had more time” or “we’re just so busy”? These are two common phrases that identify most of us in our daily lives. We live in a culture where we seek counseling for time management and over schedule our commitments with work, family, and church and inevitably something falls through the cracks. The question now becomes, when is it not about me and my time but about serving others?
Others Needs
A few years ago, I came to the realization that I needed …
Putting Up Walls
July 13th 2007 No comments yet
Many of the church walls are up, and we could not be more happy! Check it out on the construction web cam.
So, what’s it like being a missionary?
July 5th 2007
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During our trip we had the privilege of being with several missionaries, most of whom are former students of mine at DTS. We loved that part of the trip. Their lives inspire me to step into the classroom each and every day. When class begins I don’t see students, I see missionaries whose lives will intersect with the lives of folks all over the world, most of whom I’ll never meet. What more could someone ask of God than a life filled with that privilege?
“So what’s it like being a missionary?” That question comes up quite frequently. …
Leaving Africa
July 1st 2007
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In leaving Tunisia for London, our African adventure truly did come to an end. We’ve seen the southernmost and the northernmost countries of this vastly complex, even inscrutable, continent where different histories, geographies, and climates, form an intricately chaotic mosaic of cultures, tongues, and peoples.
You can quickly fall in love with wanting to understand Africa through broad sweeping generalizations. Our minds crave the simplicity of such overstatement. Our hearts tell us a different story. Africa, per se, defies explanation. Life here requires the humility to live with unanswered questions, the courage to live with the uncertainty, and the …
