Clay Stauffer
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Showing Empathy, Decency, & Understanding
We will begin the Lenten season this Wednesday night in the sanctuary with an Ash Wednesday service at 6:30 p.m. Lent is the forty-day period leading up to Easter. I hope you will take advantage...
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Selecting Church Leaders
Jim Hester and the nominating committee have been working very hard over the past month. I want to thank everybody who submitted nominations this year. We have had many excellent candidates to discuss and consider. The guiding...
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Letting Go of Anger, Bitterness, & Resentment
A few years ago, I had an insightful conversation with a well-known therapist in Nashville who has been in private practice for decades and has helped many families through infidelity, mistrust, suicide, alcoholism, addiction, and...
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LOVE – The Ultimate Test
Valentine’s Day is Friday, so we see lots of messages around love this week. In his book Practicing the Way, John Mark Comer says this: “Love is the acid test of spiritual formation. The single most important...
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Self-Awareness Strengthens Relationships
Hunter Mobley will be back to speak in the Woodmont chapel at 6:15 p.m. this Wednesday night, Feb. 5, on “The Enneagram, Love, and Relationships.” Consider this an early Valentine’s event with a dinner before...
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Busyness Stifles Spiritual Growth
Many of us have been reading and studying John Mark Comer’s book Practicing the Way to go along with our current sermon series. In the book, Comer says, “The call to apprentice under Jesus is...
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Maintaining Healthy Relationships
I invite you to join me this week in praying for our nation and for the new administration that is now in place. This Sunday, January 26, we will talk about boundaries and how we...
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California Wildfires & Leadership Nominations
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have been devastating over the past week. The images we are seeing on TV and social media seem surreal. Woodmont is doing some important things to help at this time....
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A Simple Formula for Spiritual Growth in 2025
2025 is here! Woodmont has identified three focus areas for 2025: 1) Casting Vision – where we want to go 2) Small Groups – why they matter for growth 3) A Culture of Generosity –...