Hey Parents (and Grandparents!),This week's post is a beautiful Advent prayer for the children in our lives, written by Scotty Smith. May we pray this fervently for our own children, for our grandchildren, and for the many other children we know....  Read More

This Sunday, December 20th, families are encouraged to wear their best (or ugliest) Christmas sweaters to church. Kids are encouraged to wear festive pajamas as we begin the final week of Advent. ...  Read More

Since Thanksgiving, a lot has happened. A new round of stay-at-home orders, moving back to exclusively outdoor gatherings, potential COVID-19 exposures and our first positive test results at Anthem Church. Further, Americans have demonstrated that they intend on traveling and gathering for holidays irrespective of what they're told to do.How very Edenic of us.In all seriousness, it seems as though...  Read More

Our workplaces, even as we communicate remotely, present great opportunities for us to share and model the love of Jesus to others. Mary Wiley has written a thoughtful, concise article on what this may look like practically for each of us. Take a look below....  Read More

Hey Parents,The world around us has a number of metrics for determining success as a parent. Many of these goals conflict with one another, are unachievable, and in the end lead our family more towards discouragement than the oneness and health that we are striving to achieve.So what do the Scriptures say about success in parenting? Ed Welch helps us by clarifying the vision and praxis of this end...  Read More

The word Advent means "coming", and as a part of the church calendar it is a season of reflecting on the coming the Savior. During Advent, the church reflects on the incarnation, when the Son of God took on human flesh and was born of a virgin.  For the four weeks before December 25th the church has historically meditated on the promises of God to His people that a Savior would come to take away s...  Read More