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Pastor begins with lighthearted remarks about arriving “disheveled” after family soccer and cheer events, then quickly shifts: no sleepy listeners—today is about the return of Jesus. Series theme: …
Ice-breaker question: “Which is harder to deal with—trials or temptations?” The group used personal experience to compare the two and set the stage for studying James 1:12-15.
Guest preacher: Ernest Smith, Lead Pastor of Front Range Church (Castle Rock, CO), a Lake Pointe church-plant (2013). Ernest recounts Lake Pointe’s partnership, highlighting the Strategic Launch …
Initial brain-storm: participants named “faith,” “trials,” and practicality as hallmarks of James. Leader highlighted four biblical men named James and identified the letter’s author as “James the …
Facing The Two-Question Test of Eternity
Pastor returns from vacation and 20th-anniversary trip, grateful for church family and fellow pastors who preached in his absence. Launches new series, “Run to Win,” promising some weighty themes. …
Ice-breaker: everyone rated their fear of heights (0 - 10). The leader later tied this to “spiritual heights,” safety harnesses, and the assurance God gives in vv. 24-25. Session goal: finish the Jude …
Fearless Living in the Hands of God
Pastor begins by greeting all campuses and online viewers, then poses a penetrating question: “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” Acknowledges common, paralyzing fears—rejection, failure, …
A Simple Guide to Split a Monorepo into a Separate Repository
Assume we have monorepo at git@github.com/haydenk/monorepo.git With directory contents: I did say simple
Removing Hugo as a Blog Application
Absolutely nothing against Hugo, in fact I love Hugo as a blog framework. I found myself focused too much on having the right look and meddling with themes that I was not producing any posts. This one …
Journey to Create A Shopify App
When I started, I struggled with what I was going to use. I wanted to use Rails but I couldn’t find much information on how to use Rails with an embedded app in Shopify. That has since been debunked. …