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Well-known author Patrick Lencioni says, “Core values [ought to be] deeply ingrained principles that guide all of a company’s actions; they serve as its cultural cornerstones.” [...]

When I attended the first potluck at my church—I was half nervous, half excited, standing beside someone’s world-famous green bean casserole. Turns out, feeling at home in a church is less about [...]

The other day, as I locked up our little church after a powerful Sunday morning, I found myself wondering—yet again—about something in my faith I thought I’d settled long ago. Funny how questions [...]

If someone handed me a dollar every time they asked, “So, what kind of music do you play at Horizon City Church?”—let’s just say we’d have a church organ by now. Personally, as a lifelong music [...]

We were never meant to walk alone. From the very beginning, God designed us for connection—not just with Him, but with each other. Yet in today’s fast-paced and often fragmented world, many of us [...]

Have you ever walked into a place and felt like you belonged, even before you knew a single name? That’s how I first felt walking into a church years ago, after a wild detour involving spilled [...]

Last Sunday, as I stood in front of our little congregation, a simple, almost childlike question stopped me in my tracks: ‘Can I really connect with God?’ It’s one of those questions [...]

One rainy Sunday morning, I nearly opted for pajamas and livestream over braving the cold to join my congregation—tempting, isn’t it? Let’s get real: the convenience of online church is hard to [...]

One Sunday morning, my own toddler found her way under the coffee table in the church lobby, cramming an entire donut in her mouth while our greeter tried (and failed) to negotiate her out. That [...]

Last Thursday morning, before the Florida sun crept over the lake, I found myself sitting with coffee and more questions than answers. It wasn’t the first time prayer felt more like an awkward [...]