BLOG ARCHIVES
Welcome to our original blog! As of 2022, our current blog, Words of Grace, is hosted on Substack. We hope you are encouraged by our posts from 2017-2021.
Giving Friday
Welcome to Wednesday. Just . . . Wednesday. For the past five days we have witnessed and/or participated in the ever expanding binge and purge of a peculiar American ritual. Finally after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday, it’s...
What Mashed Potatoes Taught Me
No mashed potatoes?! I was filling my plate with Thanksgiving favorites and had been saving a large spot for my favorite side dish...Mashed Potatoes. I got to the end of the kitchen counter and hadn't seen them. Where did I miss them? As I scanned the kitchen once...
The Global Impact of the Local Church
What does Ridgewood have to do with Rwanda? What does New Jersey have to do with Papua New Guinea? What does a local church have to do with the nations? We talk a lot about mission at Grace Church. Specifically, the Christ-centered mission we are engaged in as...