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Sam Martin
5 days ago3 min read
The Invitation of Advent
While Advent comprises four weeks with four themes, my heart tends to get stuck in week one - hope. Probably because hope seems to be the...
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Kaitlyn Schaefer
Dec 44 min read
Life's Obstacle Courses...uggg!
Did it seem like the Lord was putting obstacles in your way to steer you in a different direction than you had in mind?
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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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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
Jan 314 min read
A Savior and Super Glue
Today I super-glued my tennis shoes. That’s a ridiculous sentence for a Monday morning. But it’s true. The little bottom, grippy squares...
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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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Debbie Vallejo
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Power in the Pause
AUSE. A temporary stop; a break in a verse; temporary inaction; a mark used in writing or printing to correspond to a pause of voice...
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Sam Martin
Sep 20, 20236 min read
Wrestling with God
“So Jacob named the place Peniel saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, yet my life has not been snatched away.’ Now the sun rose on...
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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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Brittany Green
Apr 5, 202311 min read
Disney and Jesus
This past weekend was spent with a lot of high school and middle school girls at Girls Retreat! As the girls minister at Frisco First, it...
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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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Sam Martin
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Let the Little Children Come
A few weeks ago, a truly miraculous thing happened. A thing I’ve prayed for years. My five-year- old son made the decision to love and...
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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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Christy Williams
Jan 18, 20236 min read
Pre-Launch Phase (Aka College Visit) Pt1
My oldest son and I just got back from a college visit to Colorado. This is my first time on this “try to help my not sure 17-year-old...
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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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Sherry Johnston
Oct 19, 20225 min read
Roller Coaster of Emotions
Do you ever feel like your emotions get the best of you? Up one moment, down the next. Do you wonder how, and even if, God can use...
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Christy Williams
Oct 12, 20225 min read
More Joy In Heaven
Jesus traveled around through all the cities and villages of that area, teaching in the Jewish synagogues and announcing the Good News...
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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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