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...

Amy and Christian Snead’s second visit to Blue Ridge happened on a Baptism Sunday. “It totally blew our minds,” Amy remembered. They didn’t reall...

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...

Kelly Whitmore introduces her new blog this way: Hi! My name is Kelly, I am twenty-nine years old, I love Jesus, and I have a very rare stage IV o...

I met Christian at Mr. Goodies for a High School Ministry function. He was cold and wore a chip on his shoulder like steel plate armor. I looked in...

Just days after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, Senior Pastor Woody, Worship Pastor Todd and Lifeline Leader Jack flew out, as scheduled, to v...

“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...

Having recently returned from Haiti on a Blue Ridge Missions trip, Andrew Todd took time to reflect on what he learned. The experience has led him ...

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...