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rebuilders // restorers

Two weeks ago, Cornerstone was privileged to have Matt Dean bring a message that God had been preparing on his heart for at least year. Matt knew that God was at work teaching him new things and growing him, but unaware at how that message would fit into the sermon series we would be going [...]

Second Saturday // Big House

Cornerstone has partnered with a local agency here in the Auburn/Opelika area called the Big House. The Big House supports foster families here in the Lee County area. For the past several months we’ve had the opportunity to go out on Second Saturday and help the Big House slowly work on various parts of a [...]

insecurity // my hope

Removing a mask. I struggle with insecurity. There. It’s out there. After processing this for quite some time, I think it comes from several places. The first is that I have a very works based mentality when it comes to relationships because of my understanding growing up of how I related to God. I felt [...]

Haiti // needs an answer

A quick update about Cornerstone Church’s response to Haiti. 1) We are giving financially to the situation because that’s one way to immediately help, though it is only a start. More on this at a later time. For now, know that yesterday we focused hard as a body of believers to be responsible in this [...]

the Church as deaf and blind // part one

This may be an entirely random post, or it could be a moment of truth, you decide. As I was driving home from rehearsal last night, Helen Keller popped into my head for some reason of which I am entirely unaware. In any case, I began to process her life and think about what it [...]

I Pity the Fool // I wonder if Mr T really understood

Jim Elliot said, “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” I read these words with tired, but I suppose fresh eyes last night. I’ve heard that phrase so many times that I had just become numb to it. But with all that’s happening in my [...]

Called Out // to look different

I hear this phrase often. “You are to look different than the world.” Or, “I question those ‘believers’ who look like the world.” Or, “That church is too worldly.” And when I hear these phrases, I wonder what they really mean. I understand that Scripture over and again that we have been “called out” or [...]