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Think about the last time you were traveling and got lost. You had your destination in mind. You had every intention of getting there. But you took the wrong path, and you didn’t end up where you wanted to be. A disconnect often occurs between the path you choose and where you want to end…

Are you good with directions, or bad? Either way, you’ve probably learned one important truth when it comes to driving. If you’re on the wrong road, you’ll never get where you need to go. It doesn’t matter how bad you want to get there…the road just doesn’t go there. We all have places we want…

All volunteers: Join us June 16 at the UNF University Center! If you’re a new volunteer, or planning to sign up this week, you are just in time for one of my favorite events of the year! It’s a great night to have some laughs and meet each other, as well as focus our attention…

We met J.R. & Lisa Ekern the first day we moved to Jacksonville. In fact, they had us over for dinner that evening and our families went trick-or-treating together that night. So, of course, when we had the “On Location” Sunday back in March, we included them in our neighborhood cookout. A day or two…

Sunday before last Adam Flynt, our pastor for Family Ministry, asked a great question: “What if your life wasn’t about doing more, but about counting for more?” So often life, and our calendars, seem to run out in front of us, leaving us to run as fast as we can to catch up. We get…

Uncertainty. As a society, we live in a world of uncertainty. Uncertain social conditions. Uncertain economic times. Uncertain global developments. Yet uncertainty is nothing new. The characters in the Bible experienced wildly fluctuating levels of uncertainty—often feeling as if life was moving backwards, getting worse. And the questions remain the same. Where’s God? Is he…

How do we remain hopeful in a world that seems to be hopelessly broken? How do we continue to trust a God who seems to be conspicuously absent? How do we maintain peace when the world around us is spinning out of control? If you have ever asked questions like these, you are not alone.…

What does it take for God to do something amazing? All the disciples could muster was five loaves and two fish to feed a hungry crowd of over 5000. But this was all that Jesus needed. When you do what you can do and trust God to do what only he can do, the results…

Imagine if you were a parent and you had an opportunity to share only five wishes for the lives of your children. What would you say? What would make your “top five” list? This Sunday, Andy Stanley, as our teaching pastor, will share his five most important hopes and wishes for our lives. See you…

We had a lot of fun kicking off this past Sunday’s service with “Anxiety,” by The Black-Eyed Peas. Guest-rapper Lamar helped us out and added a ton of energy to the room. It was a great day to be reminded by Andy that we often forget about God’s past faithfulness, because we are too concerned…