Purpose in the Pain
Thanksgiving has gone by, and we’ve made our way into the season of Advent. The holidays are a time of year when we attempt to…
Author: Kendrick Banks
Kendrick was a founding leader and served as an elder of The Crossing Church in Monroe, LA, a church plant in the Soma Family. He and his wife, Amelia, completed Soma Sending in December 2019. They, along with their two children, Titus and Norah, were sent to Dallas in March 2020, to plant a church in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.
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Redeeming Halloween
I saw a long and somewhat compelling Facebook post the other day about Halloween. A “friend” was building an argument that the holiday must be… -
Jesus Meets Us with Good News
There is only one gospel, which of course means good news, but there is a multiplicity of ways in which it may be received, assuming… -
Disciple-Making with Presence
Poet, story-teller, and civil rights activist Maya Angelo knew well the power of words and actions; yet it was she who said, “I’ve learned that… -
We Work and Rest in Jesus
As church planters or disciple-makers we may too readily think our job is all about problem solving—there are plenty of problems to be solved. While…
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