One week ago today, we welcomed 2025. Whether you toasted the New Year with a lively party or ignored the hype and went to bed, New Year’s Day is a transitional day. We change our
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Category: Culture
How Christian Mystery Novels Inspire Faith in Teens
Discover how Christian teen mystery books like Tim Shoemaker’s series and The Caden Chronicles weave suspense, faith, and moral lessons into captivating stories perfect for young readers.
Read moreSurrendered Silence: Trusting God in the Middle
When plans don’t happen as expected, trusting God can be challenging. As a weathered Christian, my faith should not be shaken easily, but I confess my humanity and my fears. I know God is good.
Read moreWe Won’t Bow Down
An Underground Choice When I was a young teenager, Jesus was not at the center of my life. I wasn’t born again. However, I believe He still tried to guide me and, at times, I
Read moreOur Growing Family
“Would you be interested in keeping one or two university students from Taiwan during Christmas break?” That simple question in December 2002, began a marvelous adventure that continues for our growing family today. Our Growing
Read moreFall is Interrupted
I love Fall. Where I live in Western North Carolina, Fall is less about pumpkin spice and more about crisp mountain air, glorious displays of color, and the crunch of leaves under my feet. I’m
Read moreA Catastrophic Event of Biblical Proportion
Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall, flooding, and power outages to the western North Carolina mountains on September 27th, causing a catastrophic event – flooding, and devastating whole communities. As images continue to surface, it is
Read moreThe Spice of Life
A few weeks ago, we welcomed a family onto our side of the church. They weren’t new to our congregation; they had just stepped across the aisle and sat in a new location. During the
Read moreFIGHT FOR PEACE
FIGHT for PEACE 1 For everything there is a season and a time for every activity under heaven: 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time
Read moreGenerations
Generations. They have become a huge part of our identity. Our generation name has become a kind of sociological shorthand for how we think and behave. Parsing out categories We tend to divide society into
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