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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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Grandma Charlotte
“I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in...
Bob Witty
May 24, 20233 min read
Finding Peace and Purpose
Throughout my childhood and well into my young adult life, I struggled with physical and social difficulties, which caused a lot of...
Daniel Starr
May 17, 20234 min read
God Visited Me
My faith in Jesus began when I was small, attending Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos, California, with my father, mother and older...
Jani James
May 9, 20233 min read
Fear of Help
While we were in Palm Springs, Carol and I decided to attend an eight week Bible study at a local neighborhood church. The topic was...
Bob Witty
May 4, 20233 min read
Calm My Anxious Heart
Some days I feel like I play hookie from work. Nursing is hard and as many of you know, this viral season has hit the kiddos and the...
Miel Formantes
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Blue Car
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After...
Courtney Hjelmervik
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Broken
This past month two people I know, one a friend and the other an extended family member, took their own lives. And I just heard that the...
Steve Colwell
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Least of These
I have had the privilege of going on several short term mission trips; a couple times to the Dominican Republic and a couple times to an...
Bob Witty
Apr 4, 20233 min read
God Stepped In
Up through age five, my dad made sure I and my little sister went to Sunday school every week. If we didn’t go to church, we couldn’t...
Kerry Bacon
Mar 29, 20234 min read
The Only Real Good News
I turned on the car recently to the song “I’m So Blessed,” by CAIN, playing on the radio. The DJ remarked after it ended that her kids...
Abigail Welborn
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Peace
Many years ago, the pastor of my church at that time asked me a question which shocked me. I was truly taken aback and for several...
Steve Colwell
Mar 15, 20233 min read
Contentment
As a young man of 20, I was struck by the fact that during most of Jesus’ ministry He was essentially a homeless vagrant. He had no...
Bob Witty
Mar 8, 20233 min read
Eyes On the Lord
I often find myself bending low towards our sons during worship on Sunday mornings. Sometimes I am answering pretty provocative questions...
Courtney Hjelmervik
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Sing It Again
Your promise still stands, Great is your faithfulness, faithfulness I’m still in your hands, Great is your faithfulness, faithfulness...
Miel Formantes
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Coughy Lions and their Kin
I had a dream last week. There were square-faced lions peeking around stout evergreen tree trunks on the edge of a dark forest. When...
Jani James
Feb 16, 20233 min read
When Tragedy Strikes
I recently saw a photo in the Washington Post that moved me deeply. It seemed to be the entire Buffalo Bills football team kneeling in...
Steve Colwell
Feb 9, 20233 min read
The Alien Resident Part 2
I wrote in last week’s blog about being sent to Chile as a missionary when I was 24. I lived there over five years, got married and had...
Bob Witty
Feb 2, 20233 min read
The Alien Resident
In 1974 when I was 24, I was sent to Chile as a missionary. The army and navy had just deposed Allende in a violent coup. The country...
Bob Witty
Jan 25, 20233 min read
El Roi
In times of waiting, it is so easy to think that you or your dreams are forgotten. Sometimes, we take the waiting as God saying no. Other...
Miel Formantes
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Locusts and Humility
I have always had this picture in my head of John the Baptist as a confident zealot. I can picture him pinching a locust right out of the...
Courtney Hjelmervik
Jan 12, 20233 min read
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