Come, Eat and Play
BY STEVE WESTLUND There is a story I once read about a little boy who buried his little feet in the soil of his mother’s garden. And when his mother found him there, she said, “What on earth are you...
View ArticleRun Down Vehicle
BY LAURA CHRISTIE Stopping at a street light my eyes were drawn towards the van beside me. Rusty, old, beat up the van looked like it was driven far away from its glory of being shiny and new. There...
View ArticleToday is the day
BY TAMAR KNOCHEL My friends, I feel that it is imperative I tell you, “Today is the day.” Whenever you’re reading this, God has structured it so you will read it at just the appropriate moment so you...
View ArticleKeeping peace in sight
BY ASHLEY RHUDE My Nana passed away the week before Thanksgiving this year. Suppose you could say that made this Christmas a slightly different one. She left behind my Papa who happened to have a heart...
View ArticleHe never says goodbye
BY STEVE WESTLUND Recently I read a quote that gave me a deeper, yet simple understanding of the great promise from God’s word that He never leaves or forsakes those that belong to Him. (Deuteronomy...
View ArticleFinding your part in the upper story
BY ANNA FOSTER “Okay Pastor Steve, can you stop talking about the upper story?” Those were the thoughts in my head when I heard him talk about the upper story for the millionth time (insert my...
View ArticleStrategic planning
BY STEVE WESTLUND Successful businesses engage in strategic planning on a regular basis. A leadership team will lay out their plans for the next month, the next quarter, the next year, the next three...
View ArticleMemory Lane
BY ASHLEY RHUDE Go figure…writer’s block had been in full force all day long until the wee hours of this morning. I was comfortably snuggled underneath the covers (husband next to me and child still...
View ArticleAmazing Forgiveness
BY BRYAN AULT When Dylann Roof, the young South Carolinian, went to a church in Charleston, the families of the victims made national news when they each said they forgave him. They held no racial...
View ArticleChristmas and Cancer
BY HEATHER GOBLE-SORRELLS Sounds of Jingle Bells, busy check-out lines of people buying Christmas presents, and Ho Ho Ho’s abound every December. Christmas trees, lights, stockings, and packages of...
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