Clare Loughrige

Zeal Appeal

We love/hate preaching together. It’s inefficient but oh-so transformative. You’ve heard it said, “we don’t see things as they are we see them as we are.” Lord have mercy, that is true. Just give us one Scripture or one issue and we can have a rousing conversation that goes on and on!  Whenever we speak …

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Returning Prayer

“You Return To Me, I’ll Return To You!” Zechariah 1:3 Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal is one of our favorite pieces of art. It communicates the reality of God’s open-armed devotion to us. At every homecoming, this is our reality. Losing our way and returning is a part of the human condition. Whether we’ve been long …

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Lent and Prayer

When a season of prayer begins with the horrifying news of a mass shooting, children dead, parents grieving, students terrified….prayers must take on that reality. When people believe the words “praying” are soft and inactive, they may not know how Jesus taught us to pray. The words “Your Kingdom Come” are words that convict us …

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