Saturday General Conference Highlights to Share
These quotes all come from the Saturday sessions of General Conference. Feel free to share these on your own social media pages. Meridian Magazine
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Trusting God with Everything: Sarah Cooley on Generosity, Faith, and Financial Surrender
Listen to this episode: A real-life story of how radical generosity can transform your relationship with God, even in seasons of uncertainty and loss. Share it with someone who is struggling to trust God with their finances, needs encouragement in a hard season, or wonders if small steps of obedience
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Sundays at All Hallows (October 5, 2025) Is Now Online
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. The selection of hymns, psalm, canticles, and other sacred music can enliven and brighten a Sunday service, or it can have the opposite effect. We may not notice how the choice of music affects our Sunday services because we have become accustomed to it.
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Saint Francis: A Man From Far Away
“Welcome, my sister death!” —St. Francis, last words, according to Thomas of Celano Francis lived with a deep awareness that death will not have the last say. He hoped for a new life, a different life. And his heirs did not stop at the description of his death either. After
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Follow Jesus: Immediate Obedience and the Cost of Discipleship in Matthew 4
In this episode of the Sermon Notes podcast, Jay Strother and Brian Ball dive into the biblical call to discipleship as they continue their journey through the Gospel of Matthew. Unpacking the stories of Jesus calling His first disciples—including fishermen, tax collectors, and skeptics—they explore what it means to follow
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Tuesday’s Catch: ‘It’s Time For A Church Transition: Should The Pastor Leave? Hand Off? Or Reboot?’ And More
It’s Time For A Church Transition: Should The Pastor Leave? Hand Off? Or Reboot? No church should be so reliant on one person that it’s at risk of collapse when that person leaves. Even if that person is the pastor. Diocese of Washington church plant offers outdoor worship on the
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Matthew 4: Jesus’ Temptation and Trusting God in the Wilderness
In this episode of the Sermon Notes podcast, host Jay Strother and guest Brian Ball dive deep into Matthew 4, unpacking the powerful story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Building on insights from previous weeks, they explore the connections between Jesus’ experience and the broader storyline of scripture, especially