Stories

I’ve been an avid reader for as long as I can remember. I enjoy fiction novels as well as non-fiction. Most of the time I am reading a novel, a per...

You’ve seen their t-shirts at Baptism. You have enjoyed their hospitality after Together. You probably have eaten some of their treats at a Blue Ri...

It is amazing how connected our world has become. We text before breakfast, at stop lights and before bed; update Facebook with photos from this af...

“I’m stuck.” That’s never a good thing, is it? But it’s something we have all felt in our lives. I know I have been there quite frequently, in one ...

Blue Ridge began its quest to be a church for today by looking at the very first church, found in Acts 2. Dan Posid, who has called Blue Ridge hom...

I recently discovered that the story of the prodigal son irritates me. Here’s the issue: The son who runs off, wastes all of his money on “wild li...

It seems so strange to arrive each morning and not see the Atrium full of overnight guests, because from December 15 through March 15, there were a...

To begin to understand Rachel Jones’ life, you have to have heard of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD). Most people have not. Even doctor...

Most of us have heard of it, but not many of us live in it. It seems unnatural, impossible, and controversial. Grace. We’ve generally been taught...

In the past few years as I have personally navigated adoption and also walked with families formed through adoption and foster care, I have seen th...

Jamerson Bryant joined the Blue Ridge Campus Safety Team out of a sense of obligation, feeling he needed to serve somewhere. But what he found the...

Over the years, I have enjoyed getting together with parents with kids just a little bit older than mine. Early on, I decided to ask these parents ...