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Sam Martin
Nov 133 min read
Cultivating Thankfulness
We’ve reached that time of year where I’m starting to reflect on the last 11 months and look ahead toward the flipping of the page to yet an
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Sherry Johnston
Nov 63 min read
She Who Has Ears To Hear
I have a friend whose daughter didn't listen to a thing her frustrated mother said. This otherwise sweet child would flatly ignore her unles
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Bethany McMillon
Mar 274 min read
Sunrises,Sunsets and Shadow
Gray, billowy clouds fill the sky. Rain and thunderstorms rolled through the city all night and left evidence of their presence this...
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Sam Martin
Feb 145 min read
Friendship:A Love Story
1// November 2011. I’m 22 and newly married, in a suburban megachurch comprised almost exclusively of families with kids. Nary a young...
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Brittany Green
Nov 29, 20234 min read
Did We Save the Light?
This is the month when Daylight Savings ends. I feel like it always brings up many opinions – some people love the extra hour of sleep, some
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Bethany McMillon
Nov 15, 20235 min read
FFNN - I Have Not Stopped Giving Thanks
Thank you, Lord, for the warmth of coffee. Thank you for giving us the ability to smell, to feel the differences of hot and cold. You are
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Sherry Johnston
Nov 8, 20235 min read
The Man on the Mat
Most of you have heard my story, the most important part is recorded in the Bible (Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:18-26), but you don't even know...
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Brittany Green
Oct 18, 20236 min read
Shattered Shame
The other day I was in a conversation about names. We were discussing whether or not we liked our names, the way old names are coming...
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Christy Williams
Sep 13, 20237 min read
Home, Schmome!
I played softball when I was a kid. I played second base, and we had such a fun team, The Sluggers. We all went to school together and...
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Bethany McMillon
Mar 29, 20234 min read
Homesickness
Sleep hadn’t come easily in the hours before. I’d tossed and turned and finally found comfort curled under the blankets. Now, my eyes...
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Bethany McMillon
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Which Voice
On a recent Friday morning, in the darkness of the before school hours, I sink with a huff down into my favorite green paisley chair in...
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Sherry Johnston
Feb 1, 20234 min read
Not Today Lord!
How do you feel when someone does something despicable and then is made to pay the price? But what if, instead, they get forgiveness,...
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Sherry Johnston
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Grace Like Rain
I have two dogs. One loves to go outside when it is raining. The other thinks the first is nuts. He does not want to go near the door...
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Debbie Vallejo
Nov 16, 20224 min read
A Knock on the Door
Josh walks through the door of his home after school hoping for someone to love him enough to see him and care he is there. His mom is in th
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Brittany Green
Oct 26, 20224 min read
Lessons From Shelling Peanuts
This summer, our student ministry took a team of students to Zambia. This trip was a dream come true for me. I’ve had the desire to do...
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Bethany McMillon
Oct 5, 20225 min read
Altars of Remembrance
My heart pumps to the rhythm of the bass as music thumps and swells energy through the crowd. We stand in a sea of golden clad fans, a...
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Bethany McMillon
May 11, 20224 min read
Engage In The Obsession
“Momma! Momma, will you help me find the missing one?” My growing-too-fast boy kneels in the dining room chair leaning on his elbows...
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Christy Williams
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Faith In The Crisis
We were standing in the hallway wrapping up a conversation when a friend hit me with it. First came the tears. Then the sobbing. We had...
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Debbie Vallejo
Apr 20, 20224 min read
I Am Humbled
I turn fifty at the end of this year. The big 5-0. Honestly, I don’t feel like I’m about to turn 50, but my birth certificate says it...
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Bethany McMillon
Mar 30, 20224 min read
Breathe In, Breathe Out!
Standing at the sink, I fill up a spray bottle for my Sunday evening routine: watering the few plants I attempt to keep alive - four...
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