Last night, in our desire to broaden our circle of fellowship to include more diversity, Meredith and I found our way to a Q Commons event hosted by For Charlotte at The Church at Charlotte. I’m still processing what we heard, and wanted to share some of my takeaways with you. They aren’t in any […]
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Written by Dawn Rutan Joseph told his brothers, “So it was not you who sent me here but God…” (Genesis 45:8 ESV). Mordecai told Esther, “Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). God told Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew
Written by Dawn Rutan This post builds on one I wrote in August. In the midst of some recent research, I came across this statement in Gilbert Bilezikian’s book Beyond Sex Roles: “Where God wants to create unity and cohesion, the enemy seeks to cause alienation and separation. From the moment of our birth, a
Written by Dawn Rutan I had started writing this post last week, but was too busy and stressed to finish it. I guess I was intended to wait a few days so that others could contribute to the final product… I don’t know about anyone else, but I have trouble figuring out how not to
Our meeting place is on the edge of Charlotte, and many among us live or work here. We don’t fully understand what’s happened over the last few days, but here are some things we do know: Everyone is created in God’s image and likeness (Genesis 1:26; James 3:9). Police officers, protesters, rioters, innocents, criminals, vitriolic
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Written by Dawn Rutan Last night I read Genesis 20, where Abraham passes Sarah off as his sister (for the second time!). He tells Abimelech, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’” It’s ironic that he