Spirit & Life Has a New Look
Today we're rolling out an updated look for the church that we hope captures the essence of our mission and vision....
Morning Prayer of the One Who Already Feels Behind
Morning Prayer of the One Who Already Feels Behind...
How We Measure Enough in God’s World (Which is Not Our World)
Jesus speaks of a world where your value isn’t based on what you can get but on what you give. A world where your value isn’t based on what you can gain for those on top of society but what you can do for those on the bottom of society. A world where value isn’t assigned based on what you do but what you do for....
Flood Bucket Service Project
For our next service project, Spirit and Life will be collecting specific items to be used in filling Cleaning Buckets which we will donate for hurricane relief. The buckets will be used by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to help victims of hurricanes in their effort to recover from the devastating effects of the storms. Last year, UMCOR exhausted their supply of these buckets due to the major hurricanes our country sustained....
Last Words of Christ Devotions
During Holy Week 2020 we released a series of daily devotions on the seven last words of Christ from the cross through email. These devotions were written by different Virginia United Methodist pastors and Christian academics. If you would like to read any or all of the devotions, we have compiled them into a printable document found here....
Keep ReadingWe Are a Multigenerational Church. What Does That Really Mean?
One of the first blogs I wrote when I arrived at Spirit Life in January 2017 was this sweet story about a boy in my youth group from my previous church. This story is now over well over 10 years old and he's now a fully grown working man for the NSA. (Link to original blog.) This story is: One Sunday one of our 8th grade boys showed up to church wearing a suit and a...
Keep ReadingSpirit & Life Has a New Look
Today we're rolling out an updated look for the church that we hope captures the essence of our mission and vision....
Keep ReadingAnd God Saw that it was Good
We are going to spend the next few weeks in worship talking about creation. Talking about what it means for the earth to have been created by God, what our role is in caring for and tending to creation, and how we have failed to live up to that role. But to start I wanted to allow the question why are we talking about creation? The simple answer is because the Bible tal...
Keep ReadingThe Fear That I Am Unloveable
The Fear That I Am Unloveable...
Keep ReadingHow We Measure Enough in God’s World (Which is Not Our World)
Jesus speaks of a world where your value isn’t based on what you can get but on what you give. A world where your value isn’t based on what you can gain for those on top of society but what you can do for those on the bottom of society. A world where value isn’t assigned based on what you do but what you do for....
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