Welcome to the new Terra Nova Church Blog. Here’s a brief history of blogging in terra nova land. When we started the church last year, we knew we should be blogging and that it was an effective way to communicate with a bunch of people all at once. So we set up the “pastors blogs”. [...]

Recently, Tom Corey traveled to the Ukraine to teach at a seminary. We asked him to share a little bit with us on his trip. Here are a few words. Tom and his wife Ann lead a New Tribe in Albany and are involved in numerous other ways at TN. He is currently finishing a [...]

Something that we pastors at Terra Nova try to model and live out is knowing our neighbors. At the office, this means our neighbors on the block. One of our closest neighbors is The Taproom at Brown’s Brewing Company. I often refer to this as our Cafeteria. It’s also the home of Terra Nova’s “theology [...]

Why am I blessing a bar? A fair question for those who care. Terra has had a more European experiecne with alcohol than an American one. We are not prohibitionists. We believe in moderation, a glad hearted experience with drinking, and avoiding piggish excess that makes people drunk, out of control, and leaves a wake [...]