Category: Reflections
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Alternative Truths – Intro/Post #1: Gone Away
The focus for this series of posts: finding truth and meaning and life in the place I was least expecting to find it. And I’ll do that by sharing and discussing songs from my past that taught me something, that met me where I was, that gave me the words that I couldn’t come up…
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Remembering to Dream Like Dr. King
I’ve been thinking all day about MLK and how he’s become kind of a pop hero. History tells us that he was not appreciated and supported during his lifetime. He wasn’t the voice of popular opinion like I grew up thinking he was. His “I have a dream speech” which everyone loves now, was radical,…
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The Last Hurrah: A Camp Grow Story
Have you ever had a dream so powerful or so important that it stuck with you long after waking? Most dreams start to fade the instant that the alarm sounds or the baby cries, but on rare occasions we can have dreams that linger; dreams that we fight to keep alive in our memories. Sometimes…
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The Journey Home
I no longer think of my home as a building in which I live. Living on a college campus has helped me realize that home is this community of people. Home is the rhythm of our life. And it daily overflows into the place where I live.
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The Call to Commune
What is church? More importantly, why church? If your church closed its doors today and never opened them again, what would be lost? What does it mean for a church to be successful? There are many ways to measure a church; new members, total membership, giving totals, number of programs, number of attendees per service, number…
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Legacy of a Dad
Today marks an important day in my family’s history. It has been 17 years since my dad passed quickly and unexpectedly. The trajectory of my life was changed forever that day, as was many other people’s who knew, depended upon, and loved my dad. Every year May 3rd has been a day of remembering for…
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Can Worship Be Bad?
A few weeks ago I heard someone make the comment to a group of people that “worship was really good today.” There were several in the group that nodded their heads in agreement. One commented about a specific song that they really liked. It seemed apparent to me that most everyone in the group agreed…
Tanner H Griffin 