Brian Maloy
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We’ve been studying 1 Peter in our class now for six weeks, and I am thankful that while we still cannot slow down as much as I like, we are able to cover it without skipping chunks. Sometimes the quarterly guide we use hits high points of books (think Job or Genesis, while important, incredibly…
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I was asked by my good buddy to speak in Chapel about the events of the fire, about how we’ve sought the Lord, wrestled through the unknown, etc. Below are my slightly chaotic notes from my preparation. Thought they might be worth saving, and sharing here too. If you happen to read this, you’re getting…
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There would be no way of you knowing this, unless of course you’re in my Sunday School Class. But every Sunday, for almost five years, I have taught a Sunday school class at my church. Before that, I taught youth for probably ten years. But during COVID, I was asked to fill in for an…
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3 Months — Many of you have asked for an update and wanted to know how things are going post-fire. Well, we are roughly 3 months out from the day, and things have moved forward some, and time has stood still in others. We are “okay”, most of the time. But we have hard days,…
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Family, Friends, Neighbors, Community — From the most sincere place in our hearts, thank you. We are coming to realize that the last weeks since the fire, we’ve been living in a fog. There have been lots of emotions, exhaustion, a constant state of feeling overwhelmed, and probably a good bit of shock. Nevertheless, so…
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In many ways, it feels as though the fire were yesterday, a bad dream we may wake up from eventually. In some ways it seems like another lifetime. While I hope to not accidentally infer that we’ll have a festering wound forever (although I kind of want to keep my scars on my hands from…
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We moved into our “Tower House” we’re calling it, on Monday 12/30, two weeks exactly after the fire. It’s this tall 3 story house, with a bunch of stairs from the sidewalk too, so we dubbed it “Tower House”, the top floor almost feels treehouse-esqe, tucked up a second set of stairs high above. It’s…
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Friends — I have long believed that God is always good. Through the good, the joyous, the excellent, the struggles and of course, the heartbreak. This last week has proven this through and through. The Lord really is as good as He always has shown and said He is. There will be harder days to…
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Friends, thank you for the prayers, the generosity, the concern. It means more than we can describe. Sincerely, our community is more gracious and lovely than most people are used to, it’s a testimony to the Lord’s faithfulness, to say we are humbled by this all is an understatement. So over the last three days…
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Friends – Our minds have spun, we’ve barely slept, but because word is spreading, it’s time to provide a brief update. Monday evening, incredibly quickly, a fire began in our basement, quickly filled our home with toxic fumes, and flames spread from basement up through the master bedroom into the attic. I’ll spare the hard…
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