by Wade Berry | Dec 4, 2018 | Carroll Community, Ministry, Scripture
We have begun the season that Christians across the world call Advent. It is a time when we celebrate, and think more carefully about, the coming of Jesus into the world. I hope to facilitate our thinking over the next four weeks by directing our attention to the four...
by Wade Berry | Dec 26, 2017 | Carroll Community
Throughout December, we have been reflecting upon the advent of Jesus. Today, we turn our attention to the Gospel of John. Like Mark’s Gospel, John does not contain a so-called “infancy narrative.” Instead, the Fourth Gospel opens with a prologue that explains who...
by Stephen Suffron | Dec 7, 2017 | Carroll Community
This Christmas season, our church and a local African-American congregation are trying a sort of experiment. It all started some time in the summer, when I ran into the pastor of one of the larger black congregations in town. Our churches (and a few others) had a...
by Wade Berry | Dec 5, 2017 | Carroll Community
We are entering the season that the church has historically called “Advent.” It is a time when Christians celebrate the arrival of Jesus on earth. It is also a time when Christians reflect upon the significance of his coming for humanity. Over the next four weeks, we...
by Stephen Suffron | Dec 22, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
If you watch Christmas TV-movies like my wife and I do, you have a picture of small-town life at Christmas. You might imagine the bustling town square lit up with Christmas lights as the various businesses make their Christmas profits, a full calendar of community...
