What most churches get wrong about Easter.
Twitter is an amazing thing. I recently developed a correspondence, I might even call it a friendship, with a guy who is about my age and blogs out of Forth …
Love Songs for Julie and Jerome at One Year
Let’s sing a love song to Julie and Jerome in honor of their one-year anniversary as pastors for Ridge Ave.! Of course they did not plant the church by themselves, …
Some “wise ones” got yeasty last week
It’s the dead of summer, but about 60 of our wise ones gathered to apply their wisdom to “church planting” — the art of sowing the seed of Jesus and …
Cultivating beauty with our Urban Farm Team
Last Sunday, one of our worship team members brought together flowers from two of the gardens that make up Circle of Hope’s Urban Farm Team. The Frankford Ave Garden has …
Holy Week is on our radar
I let Holy Week pass me by until I became part of Circle of Hope. Over the years it’s become the climax to an annual season. Walking with Jesus during his …