Author Archives: Clay Stauffer



Clay Stauffer

Healthy Marriage in a Lonely Culture
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Healthy Marriage in a Lonely Culture

Megan and I recently took a special trip celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary. We spent time reflecting on how much our lives have changed since May of 2009, three kids being the most obvious. Marriage...

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May 20, 2019
Life's Second Mountain
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Life’s Second Mountain

THANK YOU to everybody who has made a commitment to support Woodmont’s mission and ministry for another year. We have had a very strong response and now we are moving into the follow up phase...

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May 06, 2019
Leaving Anger, Bitterness, and Resentment Behind
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Leaving Anger, Bitterness, and Resentment Behind

I was recently conversing with a well-respected marriage and family therapist here in Nashville. He has been in private practice for decades and has counseled numerous couples and families through infidelity, mistrust, suicidal ideations, alcoholism,...

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April 16, 2019
Sustaining Generosity
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Sustaining Generosity

We are officially kicking off our spring stewardship campaign with the theme “Sustaining Generosity.” Paul writes in II Corinthians 9: “Those who sow sparingly will also reap sparingly; those who sow generously will also reap...

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April 05, 2019
Jesus and the Moral Life
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Jesus and the Moral Life

We have entered the Season of Lent, the forty-day period leading up to Easter, reminiscent of the time Jesus spent alone in the wilderness before his public ministry.  It is a season of soul searching,...

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March 11, 2019
Building For Our Future
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Building For Our Future

We are continuing to make significant progress towards breaking ground on our new addition this summer. The construction committee is meeting regularly with Centric (our architect) and Batten and Shaw (our contractor). We are still...

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March 05, 2019
Facing Life Is Better Together
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Facing Life Is Better Together

In the ministry, I find myself on the front lines of people’s deepest pain. A young mother diagnosed with cancer; a husband deciding to leave a marriage; alcoholism, addiction, severe depression, suicide, bankruptcy, financial struggles,...

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February 26, 2019
Coming to Terms with Our Age of Spirituality
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Coming to Terms with Our Age of Spirituality

Retired Harvard theologian Harvey Cox has observed that at some point in the middle of the twentieth century, Christianity began its gradual transition into what he calls the “Age of the Spirit.” However, it is...

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February 11, 2019
Turning Tragedy into Opportunity
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Turning Tragedy into Opportunity

Blake McMeans grew up in Knoxville, TN and was one of the top recruited tennis players in the nation.  He was smart, driven, good looking, and was absolutely dominant on the tennis court, winning tournament...

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January 28, 2019