I bounced out of the auditorium, diploma in hand, scanning the crowd for my family. A hand fell on my shoulder and the familiar voice of my dad boomed over my head, “Welcome to the
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New Beginnings
My very first experience in ministry was starting a little church called “New Beginnings” in my hometown. The impact of that first church plant has impacted my life and ministry throughout the years—the significance revealed
Read moreDoes God Care Where We Choose to Live?
Years ago I heard a pastor say he doesn’t believe God cares where we live — what area, what house, etc. I respect his opinion but I tend to disagree. I see God’s specificity throughout
Read moreThe Resurrection: what it means and what it doesn’t.
This weekend we celebrate the unfathomable: the Son of God’s sinless and selfless life on earth, His sacrifice and substitutionary death for our sin, and His defeat of death, hell and the grave. His resurrection
Read moreAre You Skydiving or Flying? by Edie Melson
One thing I know is that when I’m at my weakest God’s glory increases so that’s why agreed but I feel pretty inept.
Read moreDefining Moments
Defining moments By: Josh Clevenger Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But
Read moreThe Other Half
When I was nine-years-old my family traveled to Beijing, China. The air is thick and smoggy. The streets are chaotic. The people mash together like an overfilled can of sardines. I was the only blonde
Read moreOne Word
The young woman sitting across from me was what my mother called an ‘old soul’; she was wise beyond her years. She possessed a desire to know God’s heart by studying His word. Her heart’s
Read moreA New List
Before the ball drops on January 1st, people pull out a paper and pen and list all the things they’d like to change about themselves. They want to be thinner, smarter, more successful, or more
Read moreThe Gift of Life in The Hand Holding Mine
Not unlike many who will read this post, I have suffered a miscarriage. The months that followed were emotionally draining as I grieved the baby I would never know and wondered if I would be
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