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During a recent trip to Fit-N-Wise in Decatur, I looked through a 2nd floor set of windows down toward the Aquatics Center and noticed what appeared to be a very faithful lifeguard sitting atop the lifeguard stand above the main pool. The lifeguard had his flotation device across his lap and seemed to be ready to spring into action at … Read More

In the last few weeks in worship, we have heard the powerful stories of Jesus’ transfiguration, followed by his trials in the wilderness as Satan tempted him, a life-changing encounter for a Samaritan woman who finds Jesus thirsty at a well, and a man blind from birth having a very spirited conversation with some stuffy church leaders who refuse to … Read More

I chuckled a bit the other day when someone told me that they had the opportunity to inform Van Gardener, the Pastor of Grace Baptist Church, that Grace’s outside carillon bells were about 15 seconds behind our own carillon bells’ hourly ringing. Actually, our bells are a few seconds behind the occasional, as well as labored, clanging of the Courthouse … Read More

For the last four years, I have looked at the property to the immediate south of the main church building and wondered what the future held for that space. When I arrived in Decatur, the entire block was owned by the church and there were 2 structures present (the old parsonage and the City’s old Fire Hall). Many people shared … Read More

Do you ever get a song stuck in your head? What’s that experience like for you? When it happens to me, it seems like it pops back into my brain at really strange times. It’s like you never would have picked that song for what you are doing or what is happening around you. But there it is and there … Read More