I have been back in Franklin, trying to restart Franklin Community Church for a little over a year now. We have had about 60 worship services (called Celebration Gatherings) since we starting meeting last July. Our goal in restarting was to build a different kind of church. Franklin, TN is a wonderful place to live, but there are churches on every corner and our city probably leads the nation in the number of mega churches per capita. But in this city of large churches, a need is being desperately overlooked, and that is the need for community. Our desire is to build a genuine, authentic, community of people who are following Christ. …[read more]

It’s Monday, August 11th, and not much is going on right now. But then again there is a lot going on right now. School starts today where I live, and that’s always an exciting time. Summer is over, at least the vacation part, and before you know it Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here. …[read more]