When I was a kid about half past three My daddy said, “Son, come here to me” Says, “Things may come and things may go But this is one thing you ought to know” Oh, ’tain’t what you do; it’s the way that you do it ‘Tain’t what you do; it’s the way that you […]

As I typed the title for this post, I was overcome by how small I am to be taking on such a big topic as the week before the resurrection of our Lord.  In our sermon series, “The Gospel of John: Come and See Life in His Name”, we have been looking at this week […]

Continuing on in the series of posts about how to use Sunday well… (Part 1: connecting with people with whom you have not connected for a while.  Part 2: the 90 minutes of worship on Sunday should never overshadow the worship that takes place in the other 10,000 minuets throughout the week. And Part 3: the […]

In the last two Mid-Week Updates we have looked at the Sunday Service at Grafted Community Church and wondered how we can use it well. First we talked about how to use Sunday to connect with people whom you have not connected for a while.  Next we talked about how the worship that takes place […]

For many generations, our Family has been meeting on Sundays to break bread together and to encourage one another towards love and good deeds.  Grafted continues this tradition by meeting at 4:00 at All Nations Baptist Church where we sing together, read scripture together, take communion together, and occasionally witness baptism together. I must admit […]

For many generations, our Family has been meeting on Sundays to break bread together and encourage one another towards love and good deeds.  Grafted continues this tradition by meeting at 4:00 at All Nations Baptist Church where we sing together, read scripture together, take communion together, and occasionally we get the chance to see some […]

This week 17 people went to school not knowing that it would be the last time they would ever do so.  17 individuals who were designed by God to bear His image to the world are no more. 17 people were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday […]

Today I was looking through past notes and I found these thoughts.  They are the culmination of a commencement address at Bethel University and the two debriefing conversations I had with my dad and sister concerning it. Not all the thoughts were originally mine, but I really like how they have come together! Here’s the […]

As many of you know by now the NFL Team that plays in our great city has a decent shot at playing in the Superbowl, which is being played here in Minneapolis. This is a fact of life.   Grafted has never been, nor is it ever going to be, all about football, or politics, […]

There are some holidays that I love because they celebrate key moments in history that went on to change my life (like Christmas and Easter), some holidays that I have trouble celebrating because of the political and nationalistic overtones about which I have not come to a firm conclusion (like Veterans Day, The Fourth of […]