In-person is best

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Post-Covid Small Groups, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ When the pandemic broke out in March 2020, we encouraged the groups of our church to meet online via zoom. And they did. We started more groups than ever during the shutdown (There was no competition for people’s time!) Though I was...

Family First?

by | Aug 10, 2022 | Prioritizing the Inner Circle, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ As a young pastor, one of my greatest struggles was trying to find the right balance between time spent in ministry and time spent with my family. At one point we had 3 preschool boys (2 in diapers.) We were serving in a rural...

On Being Examples

by | Jul 5, 2022 | Staying Physically Healthy, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ Eleven years ago last March, I stepped onto a treadmill at the gym where I belonged. I started to run like usual, except that day nothing was usual. After about two minutes I blacked out and collapsed onto the floor in cardiac...

Strong like Jesus

by | Jul 4, 2022 | Staying Physically Healthy, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/I have heard and preached many sermons about becoming more like Jesus. However, I have never heard a sermon about being in physical condition like Jesus. (Maybe I just haven’t listened widely enough.)It occurs to me that if Jesus was...