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    I'm Jared Shingleton, I live in Nashville, Tennessee. I love music, travel, and church planting! I serve at Hope Fellowship Church in Smyrna, Tennessee.
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A Living Hallelujah

Those of us who have been involved in the church for any period of time we have all heard the word Hallelujah.  We sing it, we read it, we write it, we play it in videos.  But do we truly understand what Hallelujah is?  You see I started wondering what it meant.  What does the … Read more

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How Do I Pray?

So what is prayer?  As a believer what should my prayer life look like?  Often times we think of prayer as simple as something like the praying mantis.  We can all look at the little icky green bug and immediately see why it is named the “praying mantis.”  We look and see that it’s little bead of … Read more

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Secret Righteousness

Today I had the opportunity to bless someone I had never met.  I loved it.  Oh the joy the Father gives when our lives reflect His.  But I noticed that when I walked away I immediately ran to tweet what had just happened.  As I was typing a passage in scripture came to mind.  The passage … Read more

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Wanting God’s Proof

I meet a lot of people who disagree with Christianity because it simply can’t make sense!  How could there be a God that is all knowing, all powerful, and all loving?  I am convinced that in order to fully understand God and His love for His people we have to first accept His love by … Read more

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Fellowship of the Unashamed

I was taking a class on the history of the Israelite people not long ago.  I some what enjoyed the class, but more so enjoyed the professor.  He gave me a sheet of paper one day with a short article written on it.  He told me to read it, and live it.  I read the … Read more

I’ve been slacking..

I have been slacking on finishing our “DEVOS” page.  I need to get up to speed and finish it soon!  On the flip side I have been extremely busy with all of the things going on in my every day life!  So here is an update to the craziness I have been experiencing.   This … Read more

New Page! “DEVOS”

You will notice that there is a new page up on my blog!  It’s called “Devos: Becoming “weird”.” This page was created for Hope Students to study a devotional every day that is built to help jumpstart your relationship with Christ. Why the becoming “Weird” thing?  Well as we learned tonight the word “weird” actually … Read more

The Sean Affect

Tonight was probably one of the craziest nights of my life.  During my little sisters graduation ceremony (woo! go maci!) I received a phone call.  If you know me at all you know that my friend Sean is my right hand man.  If you’re hanging out with me, you’re probably also hanging out with him. … Read more

Theology – Life – Oh crap – I’ll fix it

HA!  I love this little comic.  Made me laugh when I first saw it and thought it would be funny to throw in to this post.  But I write this for all of the Christians who may read this.  I want to challenge you to take part in something I think we may be missing. … Read more

Incredible Sunday at Hope!

Here’s a post the my dad, (pastor of Hope Fellowship), posted on my family’s blog.  Great Morning at Hope! —- Most church planters ask themselves this question. “What was I thinking when I took the step of faith to plant a new church?” Church planting is just hard…period. At times over the past couple of … Read more

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