I am a collector. When I was younger I collected stuffed animals, shells, rocks, stamps, plastic Smurf figurines, books, Dr. Scholl’s shoes, Holly Hobbie socks, hair scrunchies, and cassette tapes. As you can tell, I'm dating myself as a kid of the 70’s and 80’s. But as I’ve gotten older, my collections have changed. Instead of physical objects, I now collect wisdom, quotes, thoughts, ideas, and questions- things that take up a lot less physical space and significantly mor

adjustment, difference, modification, revision, shift, switch, transition, variation, correction, refinement, remodeling, turn, turnover, variance, tweak Have you ever noticed that in the church we would rather use almost any word except “change” when leading others to change? Somehow it seems more acceptable if we talk about making a “small tweak,” a “slight adjustment,” or a “shift in direction.” I get that we’re trying to lead change in a culture afraid of change and ther

Every so often, we plan a "Day Away to Play" with everyone on The Chapel Ministries staff. We may take a boat ride to one of our local barrier islands, celebrate someone's birthday or like we did today, have a day of games and friendly competition. These Play Days are an important part of our staff culture and are an important part of the way we care for our souls. Today's Day Away to Play was Chapel Field Day... complete with 2 teams competing in events like the sack race

Ephesians 5: 8-9, "You are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful." God living and working in you should shine brightly to a hurting, dying world. God living and working in your church should illuminate His love, compassion, and acceptance to those in your community. Just as a moth is instinctively attracted to a porch light on a warm summer night, others who don’t know J