Five Reflections from My Time Overseas
As many of you know, I spent seven weeks of this summer overseas on an extended mission trip. The elders of the Summit sent my family and...
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Jul 13, 20162 min read
Update from South Africa!
Ryah Greear, dancing during a South African sunset As many of you know, Pastor J.D. has been in South Africa for the past few weeks on an...
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Jun 13, 20161 min read
How You Can Pray for My Family During Our Extended Mission Trip
When God called me to be a pastor, he did so by first calling me to the mission field. I spent the first two years of my ministry as a...
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Dec 25, 20151 min read
Merry Christmas!
For those of you who missed it, we had 11,876 people pack the Durham Performing Arts Center the past two days for Christmas at DPAC. You...
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Dec 14, 20152 min read
Who Is Climbing The Mountains of Lostness?
For those of you here at the Summit, this weekend I asked an important question: who among us is climbing the mountains of poverty,...
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Nov 16, 20154 min read
5 (Unashamedly Unoriginal) Tips to Improve Your Writing
Writing is a peculiar trade. For those who love the written word, writing is almost magical. I (Chris) am a writer, and I often find that...
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Apr 18, 20141 min read
My Saviour Wept
Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy, cast off that I might be brought in, trodden down as an enemy that I might be...
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Sep 18, 20133 min read
Church at the Ballpark 2013: A Moment For Us to Remember
This Sunday 11,500 people descended on the Durham Bulls Athletic Park for Church at the Ballpark. It was an incredible service, as we saw...
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Aug 12, 20131 min read
Trust Me, You CAN Memorize Scripture
I hope you’ll forgive the inexcusable “proud parent” element of this, but I thought it could be both an encouragement and a challenge to...
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Jun 25, 20131 min read
Summit Bingo
One of our members here at the Summit, Ben McCormick, created a Bingo board to use during my sermons. I was a little hesitant to share...
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Jun 14, 20132 min read
Prayer for the Summit Church: Psalm 132:13-15
I read this passage in my time with God this morning, and the Spirit of God moved me to really believe and pray it for our church: For...
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Jun 12, 20131 min read
Showdown in the Green Room
Matt Papa foolishly challenged me to a pull-up competition. The end of the matter was to be expected: I beat him soundly. And since I...
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May 1, 20135 min read
Renewal for a New Decade
Pardon the personal nature of this post, but, Summit Church, on the occasion of my 40th birthday I wanted to put out a few reflections...
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Dec 24, 20121 min read
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, everyone! This blog will be officially on vacation for the next week, letting both you and me spend Christmas with our...
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