The Church’s Basic Expression

by | Apr 8, 2024 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ When you hear the word “church,” what comes to mind? Can you imagine a healthy church that does not have a large celebration service? The early church did. For a first-century believer, “church” did not evoke...

Form Follows Function

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ Form follows function. An object looks the way it does because its purpose dictates its form. I do not use a shovel to eat my cereal; a shovel is designed to dig holes. I would not choose a spoon to dig a trench for obvious reasons....

What are we doing?

by | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ What do you think about a football (soccer) coach whose team played cards during practice? Or what if the team spent the whole game on their end of the field and never attempted to score a goal? You would think something is wrong....

No Place Like Home

by | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ “Why can’t our group meet at the church building?” We had settled this question years ago, but COVID-19 sowed some confusion in leaders’ minds. During the pandemic, we opened the building for groups to gather...

Open House

by | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ One of our church’s members bought a beautiful new house and asked me to come and bless it. They explained that they wanted their home to be used for God’s purposes, including hosting a cell group. They may not have realized it, but...