What Are You Teaching Me?
- February 12, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
After a couple hours of rehabilitation at my own gym, away from my physical therapists, I crossed the parking lot and opened a dialogue with God.
“What are you teaching me?” I queried.
It has been a long, long road since February of 2017 when chronic groin injuries began to plague me, culminating in an operation in January to reattach my lower abdominal muscle to my pelvis on the right side, repair a tear on the left side, and fix my torn left adductor muscle in my groin.
I have found myself constantly aching for the pure...
Honor
- February 07, 2018
- by
- Esther Followwill-Johnson
A few months ago, I stumbled across one single phrase that completely changed how I view human relationships. From the great backbone-book of the...
God’s Will: Reconsidering Christian Lingo
- February 06, 2018
- by
- Meg Rodriguez
If you’re like me, and you’ve spent a decent amount of time in church circles, you’re probably already familiar with the standard Christian lingo.
It...
Something More
- February 04, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
What drives your joy? The answer to that question may diagnose the problems at the core of our being that produce our troublesome...
The Difficult Truth About Your Spiritual Health
- February 01, 2018
- by
- Tyler Speegle
At the end of every year, our church participates in a year-end offering where we make a sacrificial gift dedicated to growing and expanding...
A Day With No Sun
- January 31, 2018
- by
- Tatum Fishel
This past weekend, it rained. One of those all day long, pretty much raining hard all day, cold, foggy types of rainy days. It...
Tuesday
- January 30, 2018
- by
- Joe Danehower
Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow might as well be too. Another mundane, routine day filling space between weekends. There’s the early morning wake up, groggy...
Silence is a Virtue
- January 29, 2018
- by
- Whitney Hsu
Let me set the stage. I’m a mom of three kids five and under. I’m a worship leader by trade, meaning, so to speak,...
The Rise
- January 28, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
What are you afraid of?
The crumbling of love?
The loneliness of night?
The work of fruitless toil?
Planting in barren soil?
Do you fear
Why Ice Skating is a Lot Like Life
- January 24, 2018
- by
- Chris Lawson
We took our kids ice-skating. I am not saying it was an unmitigated disaster, but I did spend most of the time eating popcorn with...