Psalm 4, Unbelief, & Trust

Psalm 4, Unbelief, & Trust

Blog, Notes From Wade, Worship

Somewhere along the way, I read that Psalm 4 is good for what ails you. The psalm clearly reflects on God’s ability to “put gladness in our hearts,” but on the third Sunday of Eastertide, it has a special job. Psalm 4 addresses unbelief through...
Untangling the Opioid Crisis

Untangling the Opioid Crisis

Blog, Community, Worship

Just two years ago, nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid-involved overdoses. Nationally, more than 85,000 lives have been lost to opioid overdose. The Opioid Crisis affects public health and social and economic welfare. It can be easy to distance...
Psalm 4, Unbelief, & Trust

Eastertide

Blog, Notes From Wade, Worship

When a birthday rolls around, we often joke in our family that “it’s my birthday week.” Of course, birth day quickly morphs into birthday week which lengthens into the week leading up to the birthday and the week following the birthday and then the...
He Is Risen

He Is Risen

Blog, Worship

Easter 2021 was different but also familiar. After not being able to gather together to celebrate our Savior’s resurrection in 2020, we were able to come together this year at Central Bearden. It was different…we were spaced out, we had to wear masks, we had to...
Psalm 4, Unbelief, & Trust

Holy Week

Blog, Notes From Wade, Worship

We call it Holy Week even though it’s not a phrase or description that’s found in scripture. It’s a tag we’ve created to help us understand and make sense out of such pain, such loss, such salvation. The word for  “holy” occurs in...