Matt Alexander
The Life of a Church Planter
recent posts
- Part 1 — “Helping Men Win” Looks Different Now”
- “Words That Wound: A Pastor’s Heart on Weight, Worth, and the Power of the Tongue”
- Part 6 — How to Leave Well: Honoring God in Every Goodbye
- Part 5 — Feeling Out of Place: When Returning Feels Harder Than Leaving
- Part 4 — When Disagreement Turns to Distance: Loving When We Don’t See Eye to Eye
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“Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” — Romans 15:7 ESV When Familiar Faces Feel Distant Not everyone who disappears from church or friendship leaves because of conflict. Sometimes life just gets busy. A job change, a move, family pressures, illness — and suddenly weeks of absence turn into…
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“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8 (ESV) The Ripple Effect When friendships end suddenly, the ache doesn’t stop with the people directly involved. It ripples through entire families. After that couple vanished from our lives, the silence seeped into our home. Our children didn’t…
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“Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.” — Psalm 41:9 ESV There’s a particular pain few people prepare you for—the pain of ghosted friendships. It’s when someone you love suddenly stops responding to calls or texts, not because of conflict but simply without explanation. When the Calls…
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“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2 (ESV) A Burden I’ve Carried for Years For years, I’ve carried an unfinished piece in my drafts folder. It started as one long, raw post about something few pastors or church members ever talk about—the pain of being ghosted by people we love. You…
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After 14 years of pastoring a church that began as a small church plant, my heart remains deeply invested in the life and direction of the Southern Baptist Convention. Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, and I wanted to share some reflections from my time…
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Back in the summer of 2010 was when I first heard those infamous words that came out of my mentor’s mouth. Neal Hughes spouted them out so fast – I didn’t even really grasp what he was talking about. At that time, I was serving as the Associate Pastor/Minister of Evangelism at my home church…
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Webster defines the word “Hashtag” as -: a word or phrase preceded by the symbol # that classifies or categorizes the accompanying text (such as a tweet). Over the past month we have been walking through 1 Peter at our church. After reading and studying 1 Peter, I was led to name this study #LETTEROFHOPE.…
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Run, Run- Fast as you can! This morning I had a meeting with one my friends and Missions Partners in Covington, Georgia at 10:30 am. I decided to skip going to the office in Madison before my meeting because of gas prices and timing. So, I made the trip to Covington way ahead of schedule…
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