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One of the things that we highly value is listening to one another's stories. In particular, we love to hear about how people are encountering Jesus in their day-to-day lives. This might be in big ways...but it also happens most often in smaller ways (sometimes in ways that are really easy to miss.)
On this page you will find a treasure trove of such stories! May your own walk with Jesus be deeply encouraged and nourished by what you read here.
If you are interested in sharing some of your story here, please email us to let us know!
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Domesticated
Last weekend I spent a few days meeting with youth pastors from around our conference: Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. One of the...
Creekside
Aug 28, 20134 min read
Remembering Revisited
“Yet I still dare to hope, when I remember this: The faithful love of the LORD never ends, His mercies never cease.” (Lamentations...
Creekside
Aug 22, 20133 min read
Love Is Always Worth It
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” (1 John 3:18 NIV) Before my son was born, a dear...
Creekside
Aug 14, 20133 min read
Love Is Always Worth It
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” (1 John 3:18 NIV) Before my son was born, a dear...
Creekside
Aug 14, 20133 min read
Walking In Freedom
“I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with your heads held high.” (Leviticus 26:13) Last month, I took the opportunity...
Creekside
Aug 8, 20133 min read
A “Long Story Short” Shorts the Story
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces reflect the...
Ali Hormann
Aug 1, 20133 min read
Michael, Muthu and Me
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my...
Doug Humphreys
Jul 25, 20133 min read
Road Trip!
“I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.” (Leviticus 26:12) It’s summer time, and time for vacations and...
Kelly Humphreys
Jul 18, 20133 min read
Hoo Hoo Hoo-aaoo
Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:14, NLT) During The Scoop...
Steve Pettijohn
Jul 11, 20133 min read
A Near Green Country
“…[W]e are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” ( 2 Peter 3:13 NIV) One of my favorite...
Abigail Welborn
Jul 3, 20133 min read
Ordinary, But Not Normal
“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took...
Daniel Starr
Jun 27, 20133 min read
Heart and Mind (and Braiinnnsss)
“The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10, NIV ) So, in...
Ali Hormann
Jun 20, 20133 min read
Finishing and Starting
“Be strong and very courageous…” (Joshua 1:7) It seems like everywhere I look, something is wrapping up and something else is beginning....
Keith Ferrin
Jun 13, 20133 min read
Spider Grace
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that...
Erik Godo
Jun 6, 20132 min read
Remembering With Grace
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they...
Kelly Humphreys
May 30, 20133 min read
A Time for Every Purpose
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven… (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV) On Mother’s Day, Ali Hormann shared a...
Abigail Welborn
May 23, 20132 min read
Reunion Time
“But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.” (Genesis 33:4) Next...
Daniel Starr
May 16, 20133 min read
“Shame On You” Is A 4-Letter Word
“As the Scripture says: ‘Anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.’” (Romans 10:11, NIV) After my first year of college I...
Ali Hormann
May 9, 20134 min read
Help!
“Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2) Why is it so hard to ask for help sometimes? You...
Steve Pettijohn
May 1, 20133 min read
Rushing Through Life
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such...
Kelly Humphreys
Apr 25, 20134 min read
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