by Shane Craven | Jan 2, 2009 | Vision
The beginning of a new year is always exciting! If we didn’t have hope for things like vision, family, ministry, new personal growth, enlargement of our future, and the unknown, life would be very dull! God has a unique way of keeping from us, HIS best for us,...
by Shane Craven | Jan 2, 2009 | Church Planting
We sense God at work in N.W. Georgia and Chattanooga……we are launching Origin Church this year and, my, the outpouring we have already experienced! Our launch team continues to expand and the interest level continues to enlarge from families and couples...
by Shane Craven | Jan 1, 2009 | Quotes
Winston Churchill once said, “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” In church planting and life itself, failure exists as the norm. How we react is crucial! If you don’t have any failures, those around you should be...
by Shane Craven | Dec 30, 2008 | service projects
Mother Teresa’s secret was quite another: more robust, reliable, and real; born of the most powerful force in the universe–the only One to have faced death and overcome it forever. The God-man whose light shines still gentle and strong in our collective...
by Shane Craven | Dec 26, 2008 | Blogging
Appearances are deceiving! Facebook is a good example. As much as I love it, it can be overbearing on and in our lives. As you read status updates, one can wonder about the real lives of their neighbor and if other peoples’ lives are really better....