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Renovate: Transforming Your Community (1 John 3-5) Chris Altrock – January 16, 2011

On Sunday mornings we are focusing on the fundamentals of life-renovation.  We’re exploring God’s vision for four areas of life: our character, our relationship with God, our relationships with others, and our approach towards money.  In each area, we are considering what it would mean to renovate—to remove the old and replace it with the new.Read More »Renovate: Transforming Your Community (1 John 3-5) Chris Altrock – January 16, 2011

Renovate: Transforming Your Character

A couple of years ago Kendra and I engaged in some home renovation.  Our house has a wide-open space where the kitchen, a dining area, and a hearth room all flow into one another.  For several years we had been dissatisfied with the look and feel of those rooms.  In our minds we had a vision for the way the three rooms should look and feel.  Finally, we decided to turn that vision into reality.  We renovated.  First, we removed what wasn’t working and what wasn’t appealing.  We tore the linoleum out of the kitchen and the dining area.  We ripped out the carpet from the hearth room.  And I demolished a half-wall which had separated the dining area from the hearth room.  Having removed what wasn’t working and what wasn’t appealing, we added things which were more attractive and effective.  We had warm brown tile laid on the floor of all three rooms.  We purchased a new dining set and a new desk for the area.  And now we are much happier with all three spaces.Read More »Renovate: Transforming Your Character

Christmas Bonus: More Than Presents and Packages

I can’t point to any studies, but I have some certainty that the most-asked question today around the United States is this: “What did you get for Christmas?”  Many of us spent some time opening a present or two yesterday.  And today, the day after Christmas, we’re asking people all around us: “What did you get for Christmas?”  In fact, let’s take some time to ask each other that question.  Lean over to the person near you and ask what he/she got for Christmas…

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Christmas Bonus: More Than Lights and Sights

Our family set a personal record this year for getting our Christmas tree up.  Knowing that we would be in Fort Worth, TX the week of Thanksgiving, we got the tree out and decorated it the weekend before Thanksgiving.  In fact our entire house was festively adorned by the time we left Memphis on November 23.  This year, as with previous years, we used a lot of lights in our decorating.  We put multiple strands on our tree.  Our fireplace mantle is covered with greenery and more lights.  Jordan and Jacob each own a small Christmas tree and each has its own lights.  We placed additional lights around the entryway of the house.   We ran lights outside along the roofline.  And this year I wrapped lights around the trunk and branches of one our crepe myrtles in the front yard.  Lights play a large role in the Altrock Christmas tradition.  Perhaps they do for you as well.Read More »Christmas Bonus: More Than Lights and Sights