Paul Lawler
Paul Lawler is the pastor of Christ Church Memphis. He comes to this role after fifteen years at Christ Church Birmingham, where he cast a vision that saw hundreds of
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Preaching While White
This is the text of the message preached on Sunday, June 7, 2020. I’m moved to share it here as I continue to wrestle personally with our country’s unrest. ——————————————–
Building Bridges
I shared these thoughts on the Mosaic Church Evans FaceBook page. If you’d rather listen than read, you can find this there. If you’d rather read than listen, here ya
Use Your Roar.
Today, I’m sharing space with Angie Suich, director of The Mosaic Center in Evans, Georgia. She combines good history with good biblical memory to give good wisdom for such a
A little mid-winter encouragement
Cloudy skies and rain for weeks. Trump/ Biden/ Bernie. Coronavirus. Stock prices. Tornadoes. Seasonal affective disorder. The season of higher rates of death for older adults. UMC death throes. It
Learning to Live with Loss
Loss is a normal part of life. On this side of Genesis 3, everyone has bad days, everyone grieves, everyone sins, everyone makes mistakes. In the final analysis, it isn’t
Seven hopeful words for grieving souls
As the holidays ramp up, here are seven things we can know that speak hope to grieving or stressed-out souls: God is good. C. S. Lewis was one of the
Suicide and the Enemy of Our Souls
I wrote this blog some time ago, after a friend emailed to share her grief over a family member’s loss to suicide. In the wake of recent stories, it seems
Chosen: Matthew’s Story
This is the fifth in a series of posts about people in our community who have experienced the gift of chosenness. This one is offered by Randy Henning, father of
Chosen: Pati’s story
This week, we are hearing stories of how our chosenness leads to transformation. Pati’s story is a powerful example of someone who discovered her own identity as she embraced her
How to act on the brink of brokenness (or, divorce and the mercy of God)
We used to call them roly polies. When I was a kid, they were hands-down my favorite bugs. Finding a family of them under a brick in the dirt was
The Danger of Distraction (and how to find your holy “yes”)
I wonder if there has ever been a climate so ripe for distraction. So much information coming at us from every possible lit-up screen. We are distracted by social media,
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