by Shane Craven | Jul 25, 2009 | Newsletter
JULY 2009 Serving – The above depicts three church plants coming together to serve the homeless, breakfast, in downtown Chattanooga. It’s a part of the Origin core, to say the least. We are scheduling service and outreach projects every month in some capacity....
by Shane Craven | Jul 22, 2009 | Thoughts
Death is a funny thing. To our family, that know Christ, we often mention it and the fact that no one who loves and lives for Christ is upset with the thought of dying. In other words, it has a very positive outcome and resemblance to us in the Craven home and...
by Shane Craven | Jul 22, 2009 | Attitude
Sometimes I find myself feeling a particular emotion; how ’bout depression, for instance. I don’t know a lot about it, just that sometimes we all feel this way. I’ll give you my thoughts: I think it must be a natural bent for humanity and why God...
by Shane Craven | Jul 22, 2009 | Church Growth
Why do we feel and have been programmed that to do God’s work as an individual church, we must find a way to “get the credit?” This has no value in advancing the Kingdom; will advance your church, though, for awhile. This will only last until God is...
by Shane Craven | Jul 21, 2009 | Attitude
Someone recently said it well: Live as though Jesus died yesterday, rose again today, and is coming back tomorrow!