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Front Page: The Disease of Me (Est. 6:6) Chris Altrock – Oct. 30, 2016

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Unsolved Problems

Last year at about this time, several things starting going wrong with me:

  • ? First, my ears started ringing. All day long there was a constant rumble in my ears.
  • ? Second, bright lights started to bother me. Whether it was the headlights of an oncoming car or the lights that brighten the stage from which I preach, bright lights started to really bother me.
  • ? Third, three to five times every week, my head would hurt so badly I simply could not function. I couldn’t write sermons. I couldn’t hold meetings. I was pretty useless.

I went to my primary care physician. I went to an ear, nose and throat specialist. And I went to a neurologist. Numerous times. And finally they pieced it all together. All of these symptoms were the result of just one thing: migraine headaches. Migraine headaches were causing the ringing in the ears, the sensitivity to light and the intense headaches. And once we found a treatment that worked, all three symptoms began to subside. Read More »Front Page: The Disease of Me (Est. 6:6) Chris Altrock – Oct. 30, 2016

Front Page: Why Work Matters (Est. 2:19) Chris Altrock – Oct. 16, 2016

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Bees

There’s a lot more that goes on in someone’s work that you might guess.

Take preaching.

Last week my colleague Eric was rudely attacked by a rogue wasp while he was preaching in the late service. Repeatedly the wasp came at him. Like a miniature jet fighter honing in on a target it aimed for his face as he preached away. He had to swat and preach, swat and preach. I wasn’t present, but I watched the video. It was the most heroic preaching effort I’ve ever seen. Finally, Wasim Khokhar, longtime Highland member, killed the wasp, and laid it at Eric’s feet.

Sometimes there’s a lot more that goes on in someone’s work than you might have ever guessed.Read More »Front Page: Why Work Matters (Est. 2:19) Chris Altrock – Oct. 16, 2016