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An Intentional Start to the Year
by Glenn and Holly Packiam For well over a decade now, we have taken a few days either at the end of December or at the beginning of...
Glenn Packiam
Jan 1, 20214 min read
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Worshipping, Weeping, and Working as We Wait
2020—What a year it’s been, huh? The trouble is, we have not assurance that 2021 will be much better. Yet here we are waiting. Waiting...
Glenn Packiam
Nov 27, 20204 min read
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Preaching in the Cultural Moment
How do pastors decide what to say about current events and social issues? As the story goes, both Karl Barth and Billy Graham said...
Glenn Packiam
Jun 9, 20204 min read
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When God Groans
What do we do with the pain of the world? We enter in it and groan. That is what the Son of God did. And that is what the Spirit of God...
Glenn Packiam
Jun 5, 20203 min read
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Preparing for a New Year
For the past 6 or 7 years, Holly and I have done a prayer and planning retreat, usually at the end of the calendar year, or sometimes...
Glenn Packiam
Dec 31, 20165 min read
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Why An Ash Wednesday Service?
“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers...
Glenn Packiam
Feb 25, 20142 min read
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On Saints and Celebrities
Today is All Saints’ Day. I used to never think of it that way. It was just the day that Starbucks brings out their red cups. Besides, I,...
Glenn Packiam
Nov 1, 20132 min read
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Proclaiming our Faith in Worship: How the Creed Tethers Us to Our Story
One of the main reasons we gather as the people of God is to remind ourselves of who God is, what He has done to make us His people, and...
Glenn Packiam
Apr 30, 20135 min read
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Who Is “Church”? Pt. 1
What is “Church“? Who is Church for? The lost? The disciple? What are Sundays for? Many pastors jump right to the Great Commission and...
Glenn Packiam
Apr 11, 20134 min read
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