Matthew Costner is a church planter in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s also worked as a consultant to various churches and para-church organizations. Matthew loves to preach, teach, write, workout, and drink sweet tea.
November 24
Happy Thanksgiving!
Psalm 95:1-6 – O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods, In [...]
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November 23
This Thanksgiving I’m in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’m spending time with Alyson’s family.
I hardly get to see them. At best, it seems like I see her family for about 10 days a year. None of us are excited about that. All of us wish it could be more, but that is just how it is. Life [...]
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November 11
As a pastor of a church, I often wonder how vulnerable my congregation and peers really want or wish me to be. The reality is, if I always shared what was in my head it wouldn’t be appropriate or beneficial (not that I’m proud of that). And yet I’m human.
One of the things I wrestle [...]
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October 03
This morning, I had the privilege of reading Tony Morgan’s new book Hanging Up the Leisure Suit: How to Get Unstuck. I asked Tony if I could read it before the day it came out, and he obliged. I didn’t know if I could get it read by today, and post a review, but I [...]
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