Clay Stauffer Morality by Jonathan Sacks A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser A Grace Revealed by Jerry Sittser A Time to Build by Yuval Levin Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman What Did Jesus Ask? edited by Elizabeth Dias Farrell Mason Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Savor by Shauna Niequist Bread of Angels by Barbara Brown Taylor The Lives We Actually Have by Kate Bowler Jay Hutchens Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society by Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, Ryan T. Cragnun Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How......

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At the end of this month, Brad Gioia will retire as headmaster of Montgomery Bell Academy after twenty-nine years of faithfully leading the school. Brad came to MBA in 1994 from the Darlington School in Rome, GA. A graduate of the University of the South at Sewanee, he has led MBA to incredible growth and to become one of the premier all-boys schools in the nation. In recent years, I have had the chance to co-teach a class for the seniors with Brad. Our primary focus has been character, leadership, values, friendship,......

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Lots of life advice and wisdom has been shared in recent weeks with high school and college graduates. What is the best thing to tell young people who are moving on to the unknown to write their next chapter? Many of us will admit that inner work and personal growth is challenging. Pointing out the flaws and shortcomings in others is much easier to do but can be a convenient way to avoid examining our own hearts and lives. Judgment and blame are too common in this culture. In the Sermon on......

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We’ve begun  a new summer sermon series called “Questions that Matter.” Throughout his life and ministry, Jesus taught us many many things. One of his primary teaching methods was to ask deep and profound questions, ones that stir the soul and cause us to reflect. This summer, we will take a close look at some of these questions that we find in the gospels including: • Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not recognize the log in your own eye? • What will it profit you......

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