Flourishing Families

Someone from our small group recently told me that she enjoyed seeing my wife and I smile at each other and work together in our…

“I could feel my heart pounding in my chest; every other sound was drowned out by shouting people around me.  I felt the car moving and…

Pictured: Pastor Sandra Tracy, Mary Grace Harper, and Doug Kramer at the Java Creek coffee shop inside Otter Creek Assembly of God Church. All proceeds…

Pictured: Pastor Sandra Tracy, Mary Grace Harper, and Doug Kramer at the Java Creek coffee shop inside Otter Creek Assembly of God Church. All proceeds…

“The speakers were incredible. My whole church should have heard each one – they were talking about things that are so important.” – Children’s Ministry Director…

My wife and I have been on this journey of building unity with brothers and sisters of every race since the 1980s. God has helped us to understand His teachings in the word regarding race and has allowed us to grow and apply His teachings in how we live our lives. For us, the gospel of Jesus Christ is first and foremost. If the gospel is first and foremost for us, then how we live toward others who are not the same race as we are will be influenced by the gospel of grace.

It is easy to get caught up with an idea that presents something we can both chase after and attain. Take for instance the “American…

“No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your…