by James Pendergrast | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog Posts, Church Strengthening, James' Blog Posts, James' Blog Posts, Social Media, Uncategorized
I have two school aged kids and to say that the last seven months have been unique would be an understatement. My wife is a public school teacher, so I have had a front row seat from the perspective of a parent as well as a teacher, and it’s been quite a ride. As have...
by James Pendergrast | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog Posts, Church Strengthening, James' Blog Posts, James' Blog Posts
In this Video Blog James Pendergrast talks with some moms about raising black children in our current culture. We hope you hear something that is new or makes you think. We will be doing more Video Blogs in the future. Be on the look out for our next one in the coming...
by James Pendergrast | May 6, 2020 | Blog Posts, Church Strengthening, COVID-19, James' Blog Posts, James' Blog Posts
I want to start this blog off by saying I am not a hug person. I don’t care for them. I would prefer that I didn’t receive one or give one. If they did die, as the blog title suggests, I would be just fine with it. I should say, so that you realize that I am human,...
by James Pendergrast | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog Posts, Church Strengthening, James' Blog Posts, James' Blog Posts
FollowFollowFollowFollow There is one thing on the minds of most, if not all, of the world these days. COVID-19. It feels like in just a few weeks, the way we do life has been flipped upside down. At the time of this blog, most of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is...
by James Pendergrast | Nov 20, 2019 | Blog Posts, Church Strengthening, James' Blog Posts, James' Blog Posts, Spiritual Development
I have three boys. 13, 11, and 1. They are growing up in a time that is much different from the time in which I grew up. I can remember a time before the internet. I remember using typewriters. Not just the automatic ones but the old school ones where an arm with 2...
by James Pendergrast | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog Posts, Children, James' Blog Posts, James' Blog Posts
Much like the late great Whitney Houston, in her song “Greatest Love Of All,” I too believe that the children are our future. And much like the late great Solomon says in Proverbs 22:6 I also believe that if we “train up a child in the way he should go; even when he...