Poema – December 2025, Week 2

Poema – December 2025, Week 2

Dear Grace,  Wow. What a sermon Derek, our middle school director, preached on Sunday. Yesterday our teaching team was reviewing the past Sunday, and Rich remarked what we were all thinking: it is awesome to behold how God is growing this young minister of the Gospel....
Poema – December 2025, Week 1

Poema – December 2025, Week 1

Dear Grace, By now, many of you have heard what happened to me last weekend. Something I ate caused my body to go into a convulsing shock. My stomach was cramping and I spent most of Saturday night into the twilight of Sunday morning shivering and waking up every two...
Poema – November 2025, Week 4

Poema – November 2025, Week 4

Dear Grace, Happy Thanksgiving! As the holiday is about to be upon us, know that I am praying for your safety (if you’re traveling), and your whole-hearted presence (if you’re entering into potentially difficult or hard spaces with family coming together). ...
Poema – November 2025, Week 3

Poema – November 2025, Week 3

 Dear Grace, What a Sunday we got to experience together – a powerful experience of worship led by Christine and her team. I was texting with our new friend – guest worship leader, Michael Bethany, and this is what he had to say about his time with us. ...
Poema – November 2025, Week 2

Poema – November 2025, Week 2

Dear Grace, This week is going to be such a contrast of emotions for me. I began the week leading one of the most heart-wrenching, but beautiful funerals I’ve ever been a part of. Hundreds of folks from our Maple Lawn community came out. Such an outpouring of sorrow...