Steph and I recently watched an episode of a “reality” show where a “pro-choice” woman who works at an abortion clinic goes to live with a bunch of women at a shelter for new mommies for 30 days.
The idea is that she would see that there are great alternatives to abortion, and also that she [...]

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Zack on July 28th, 2010

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Zack on July 20th, 2010

Our church body did 6,566 hours of community service.
Last year week.
Seriously.
Check it:

ServeRDU from The Summit Church on Vimeo.
(Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE our church?)

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Zack on July 14th, 2010

(you are welcome)

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Zack on June 21st, 2010

Three weeks ago, Osh, Kyrgyzstan was a very large city with a very large population of Uzbeks, a people group very dear to my heart.
Today, a significant portion of the city lies in ruins. Hundreds are dead, and tens of thousands have fled the city.
Many Uzbeks have gone back to Uzbekistan, where it is much [...]

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Zack on June 15th, 2010

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then about 5 minutes of video at about 30 frames per second is about 9 million words.
It’s OK. Go ahead. Roll your eyes. I’m a geek and not ashamed of it.
Anyways, we don’t have a ‘true’ video camera at the Riesland house, but our little Fuji digital [...]

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Zack on June 9th, 2010

Earlier this week, I told you guys about a hip-hop song you might be interested in.
Well, for those of you who told me that nobody likes hip-hop, have no fear: today is rock.
Steph will tell you that probably my favorite musician is John Mayer.
Say what you want about his private life or his 20-million-dollar watch [...]

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Zack on June 7th, 2010

Growing up, I was really into hip-hop music, but had a really hard time finding music that I liked that wasn’t totally profane.
All the good music was fowl, and all the ‘clean’ music was super cheezy (DC Talk, anyone?)
I wish that the fellas at Reach Records had been making music back then. Lecrae, Tedashii, and [...]

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Zack on May 14th, 2010

If Steph and I end up in a Sienna this summer, then this will have to become our official anthem…

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Zack on April 13th, 2010

I love our church.
I LOVE our church.
I LOVE our church.
I freakin’ LOVE our church!
19 services. 178 baptisms*. The Gospel preached. The Kingdom expanded. History made.
Check out this recap of Easter Sunday:

Easter Recap from The Summit Church
Jesus is moving in RDU. Watch out Granville county: you’re next.
*give or take about 5… they change this number every time [...]

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Zack on March 26th, 2010

We took this a couple of weeks ago, when Josiah had only been walking for a couple of weeks and was just starting to get confident on his feet.
He had so much fun exploring the mall, and he was perfectly happy to walk away from us and go do his own thing…
He continues to live [...]

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Zack on February 17th, 2010

This is five minutes from John Piper’s message from this year’s Desiring God Conference For Pastors.
Piper taught for an hour on what he has learned from C.S. Lewis over the course of his life.
Almost every single sentence is quotable and I STRONGLY encourage you to go download it or watch it (for free, of course).
But [...]

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Zack on January 30th, 2010

Seven inches of snow this weekend has pretty much everybody’s plans canceled around here.
That means I found some time to use my computer for something besides work and I’m actually posting a couple of videos for the first time in months!
Enjoy:

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Zack on January 30th, 2010

Josiah has been doing this for a little over a week.
He can only take about 5 steps before he gets scared and collapses, but it won’t be long now!

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Zack on January 25th, 2010

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

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