We don't have to be like everyone else.
Cabarrus doesn't have to be like everywhere else. A letter to my neighbors about what we're losing, what we're missing, and what we can build together.
Musings
From the journal.
Musings on scripture, culture, and what it looks like to live at the intersection — as a person of peace.
A series in 5 parts
Concern for the City
A letter to my Cabarrus County neighbors — left, right, and everywhere between.
A five-piece civic letter to Cabarrus County: a long letter, a manifesto, and three short follow-up notes leading up to a May 14 whiteboard session for anyone willing to sit at the same table.
- 01 Part
- 02 Part
We don't have to be like everyone else.
Seven beliefs and one promise — a Cabarrus County manifesto for the way we want to live together.
- 03 Part
Teachers are the key.
A first-year NC teacher makes $53k. A 30-year veteran makes $58k. If we want to change our community, this is where we start.
- 04 Part
This is not a political meeting.
Is this a conservative thing? A liberal thing? A church thing? No — it's a neighbor thing.
- 05 Part
The final call.
Last chance to register. I'm not coming with answers — I'm coming with questions.
A series in 6 parts
Learning to Love the Upside Down
Why Jesus' way feels wrong — and why that's exactly the point
An intro plus five parts on Empire vs. Kingdom — the two systems competing for your heart, and what it actually looks like to live the way Jesus modeled.
- 01 Part
The Upside Down — Intro
Why Jesus' way feels wrong — and why that's exactly the point.
- 02 Part
Empire vs. Kingdom
The two systems nobody told you were at war.
- 03 Part
Not So With You
The most important thing Jesus said to His disciples.
- 04 Part
The Inverse Pyramid
What it actually looks like to lead like Jesus.
- 05 Part
Whose Voice Are You Listening To?
The battle nobody talks about — for the voice that gets the final word in your life.
- 06 Part
Living Upside Down
What this changes about everything — at work, at home, at church, with friends, with money.
A series in 7 parts
The Third Way
Following Jesus When Both Sides Are Trying to Recruit You
A seven-part series on the Christians who refuse the jersey — and walk the way Jesus actually walked, in a country where both tribes are trying to claim him.
- 01 Part
Jesus would get canceled by both sides
Why the Left and the Right are both trying to recruit you — and why following Jesus means refusing the jersey.
- 02 Part
If you're just against what "they" are for, you're not rooted. You're reacting.
Reactivity is the cheap counterfeit of conviction — and most of us are buying it.
- 03 Part
Jesus saved his sharpest words for his own side
If you can only see what's wrong with the other team, you're not following Jesus — you're playing for one.
- 04 Part
Jesus refused the trade both sides are begging you to make
The Left wants you to drop truth to keep love. The Right wants you to drop love to keep truth. Jesus said no to both.
- 05 Part
Your hot take is making you less like Jesus
The echo chamber rewards speed. The Kingdom rewards discernment. You can't have both.
- 06 Part
Both sides worship the same idol — and Jesus rejected it on purpose
Power is the god of every political tribe. Jesus chose a donkey. We should pay attention.
- 07 Part
Stop acting like the world is ending. The resurrection already happened.
Both sides are sure the apocalypse is coming if their team loses. Both sides are wrong. There's a third way to live.
A series in 7 parts
Reading in the Dark
Conversations from the Book of Revelation
A seven-part series on what John saw from Patmos — and what it means that we are not waiting for the story to start. We are already inside it.
- 01 Part
Why I stopped being afraid of Revelation
What if this book is not primarily about what's coming — but about how to see what's already happening?
- 02 Part
The oldest promise in the room
Genesis 3 and Revelation 12 are telling the same story. And it started before you got here.
- 03 Part
The lampstand was always a tree
On olive oil, burning lamps, and the difference between visiting a garden and being one.
- 04 Part
The gap between the trumpets
You are not waiting for the story to start. You are living inside it.
- 05 Part
The cosmic backstory nobody told you
The pressure you feel is not evidence that God is losing. It's evidence that the enemy already lost.
- 06 Part
Where is the beast in your world?
The dragon always has a proxy. The pattern is always the same.
- 07 Part
The prepared place
You are not waiting for Revelation to happen. You are already living inside it.
Get to know me
Hi — I'm Corey.
Pastor at SOJO Church in Concord, NC. Executive Director of Carolina Movement. Husband to Betsy. Dad to Noel and Eden. Slow learner. Person of peace.
If anything you read here lands, or if you're a leader trying to lead from rootedness instead of reaction — let's talk.
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