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Beacon Feature
Daryl Driver

All the Rage

As a pastor, I’m often curious about where people find self-worth – and what happens as they’re looking for it. How does the need for self-worth guide unbelievers to do and say what they do? How does it guide Christians to behave as we do?

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Beacon Feature
Steve Swartz

Parting Challenges and Blessings

For many years, my wife Phyllis and I have traveled to your churches. We’ve stayed in your homes, eaten meals in your fellowship halls, listened to you in meetings, and learned to love you. But now my role as conference pastor has ended. And Darren

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Jeremy Miller

Rhythms of Renewal

We lived a half mile from the church, occasionally walking to the service when the weather was nice. This proximity to the church and my mother’s love of hosting meant that many traveling preachers shared meals with our family. At our church, the primary reason

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