Author: Chris Branscome

There is a challenging fact that we men need to face: men are significantly outnumbered by women in the Church and in commitment to the Christian faith in general.  Numerous rigorous…

When my brother was in seventh grade, he and a friend found a hidden treasure.  They were playing in a field behind his friend’s house when they stumbled across a cloth bag. …

We are small. We’ve only “officially” been meeting for worship for about two months now. We meet in an elementary school cafeteria, and barely fill it halfway. We don’t have…

Greetings fellow saboteur! I’m thrilled that you’ve decided to join us in our efforts to bring down the church. There are people out there who are trying to blow all…

“The business of redemption is not to get us into heaven, but to get heaven into us.” - E. Stanley Jones, Growing Spiritually As we face a new year, our…

Sometime in early July, you can begin to catch the first glimpses of Halloween, though at that time it’s nearly four months away.  As All Hallow’s Eve approaches, you’ll begin…

In 1958, the Green Bay Packers played the worst season in their entire history, with one win, one tie, and ten losses.  With the very existence of the team in…

Two years ago, my sister in law married Benoit, who lives in France.  The wedding was in the very small town of Birkenhof, in Alsace, and our time there was…

You move to a new country, to a new state or to a new part of the city.  You immediately notice lots of new things about the culture and find…

We haven’t been called to follow Christianity, but to follow Jesus, and there is a difference. While Christianity is a religion (for lack of a better term) centered around Jesus, so many other things have become wrapped up in that word, and following something that is centered on Jesus is still different than following Jesus Himself.