by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Apr 14, 2024
Before I went to seminary, I served as the interim youth director at my home church in Atlanta for a year while they were in between permanent staff. It was a perfect arrangement for both of us; I had just returned from a year in Australia and had decided to go to...
by Rev. Suzanne Trump | Apr 7, 2024
Acts 4:32–35 Text Focus Sentence: While the apostles testified to others about the resurrection of Jesus, the early Christian community shared what they owned or sold their possessions to help their fellow believers who were in need. Sermon Focus Sentence: With great...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Mar 31, 2024
We’ve all been “perplexed” at times. Where did I leave my keys? How can Route 22 ALWAYS have a traffic jam at Airport Road, no matter what time it is? What am I not getting about Pete Davidson’s attractiveness? To be perplexed is to be puzzled or confused. It...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Mar 24, 2024
My son Liam, who’s in his first year of college in Washington, DC, told me recently that he has checked off one of the rites of passage of being a DC resident: he was inconvenienced by the Presidential motorcade. Now, we’ve all seen the motorcade on TV: the giant,...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Mar 10, 2024
Let’s just say it: this is a crazy story. Most of us have been invited to at least one wedding at some point in our lives that we didn’t really want to attend: a third cousin who’s just fishing for presents, a co-worker whom you barely know that wants to show off, and...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Mar 3, 2024
“Did you know a rock can float?” I looked at my grandfather as we both stood on the edge of the fishing pond. Even at seven years old or so, I knew that he had a terrible poker face, and sure enough, the sides of his mouth were twitching with the effort to keep...
