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Friday Five: Be A Refugee This Easter

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off


For my first original Friday Five here at the Post, I thought I’d introduce you to some of my friends from the local blogosphere by inviting them to church with me.
As for y’all, if you’re not going anywhere for church this coming Easter (one week from Sunday) - invite you [...]

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Friday Five: Five Questions For The Christian Candidates

December 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments


Alright, I’d been debating including this video; because of the part that appears at 1:25-1:42. It’s crude, vulgar, obscene and probably the most poignant comment on the lead up to the Romney why-its-not-important-that-I’m-a-Mormon Speech this week.
What’s weird about this is that people forget that he’s a Republican who was the [...]

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Friday Five: Are You A Chicken or An Eagle?

October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m not an expert on leadership…those who’ve have followed me have only done so out of curiosity. That aside, I’d like to share 5 leadership lessons I’ve learned from my time with Jay Stewart - Lead Pastor of The Refuge in Concord.

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Go to Church And Sleep In On Sunday

September 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Seriously, it’s doable.
The Refuge is starting Saturday services this Saturday Night at 6PM - [CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE]
Think about it - miss the guilt of skipping church and live like this on Sunday morning.


Or like this

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Confessions of an O’Rourke Republican: Modern-Day Pharisees

April 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

 
The fact of the matter is that in Cabarrus County politics you’re judged in large part by where you go to church and how involved you are there.  
I’d be remiss if I didn’t address where I stand in respect to my faith and how it affects my political outlook.  So, here it is:
America wasn’t founded [...]

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Friday Five IV (belated)

April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off

I was busy this weekend, and there’s no video for this one; but here are the top five reasons you should run/walk in the 5K for Kids race this weekend.
5. You find it remarkably clever that I managed to work in 5K in to a Top Five List.  OK, it’s sheer coincidence; but it’s cool [...]

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Friday Five III

April 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment


Note: Those of you viewing this through an RSS feed or via email will have to open the site to view the video…which you should watch; because our media guy (Aaron) did a tremendous job.
Since Easter is coming up, I’d like to invite you to come to church with me [...]

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What are you doing Sunday?

April 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off

This coming Sunday - April 8 - is Easter. If you don’t normally go to church - I’d like to invite you to ours.
Why The Refuge? Well, for Easter only - it’ll be the easiest church in Cabarrus County to get to: we’ll be at the Concord Convention Center off of Speedway. Yep, that’s right [...]

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Come As You Are - Unless You’re Gay

May 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they [...]

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