Thoughts from Jim Teague, Director of Communications “You’ve never really been much of a risk taker.” My dad said it to me without a hint of malice or intended shame, and yet his words stung. My first instinct was to try to scan my memories for evidence which would rebut his statement. However, even

Thoughts from Jim Teague, Director of Communications Dear friends - This past Sunday, we kicked off the 2026 Stewardship Campaign with the first in a series of “Growing Our Table” video skits meant to encourage pledging to give in the coming calendar year. This year’s videos are significantly different from the previous ones we’ve done

Thoughts from Jim Teague, Director of Communications Dear friends - For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. - Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared

Thoughts from Jim Teague, Director of Communications Dear friends - Have you noticed that Jesus and the Apostles used a variety of methods when healing the sick and accomplishing other miracles throughout their ministry on Earth? Sometimes the miracle was done through the laying on of hands. Other times, it came from the spoken

Thoughts from Jim Teague, Director of Communications Dear friends - When was the last time you had the opportunity to connect on a deeper level with friends or family? My family has made dinner together on Monday nights a more intentional ritual over the past six months or so. We had found ourselves living

Thoughts from Jim Teague, Director of Communications Dear friends - Automotive window decals are objects of never-ending fascination for me. If it were up to me (and my wife has made it very clear that it is NOT up to me) the rear window of our car would be covered with them. Bumper stickers,

By Jim Teague, FPCE Director of Communications One of the wonderful traditions my stepfather passed down to his kids (in a blended family of seven) was the Christmas Eve tradition of reading a different story about the holiday right after reading the Scripture’s accounts of the birth of Jesus from Matthew and Luke. It

Thoughts from Jim Teague FPCE director of communications. Dear Friends – Abstract digital globe illustrating the exchange of cultural content across international borders, On a cloudy Sunday afternoon, May 25, 1986, I drove to a middle school outside of Springfield, Ohio, (yes, that Springfield), parked my car and walked with my girlfriend

Thoughts from Jim Teague FPCE director of communications. Dear Friends – “Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you

Thoughts from Jim Teague FPCE director of communications. Dear Friends – When we think about the toll war takes on a country or a city, we usually (rightly) think in terms of loss of life, injury, and the trauma inflicted on the soldiers and citizenry. We might extend those thoughts to the damage done