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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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A Lifeline of Fear
Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. (Joshua 24:14 NIV) I am a big fan of the Lord of the Rings series, and for the...
Daniel Starr
Aug 18, 20223 min read
Second Chances
My life is full of second chances. Some are huge, life-changing events. But most are small and often imperceptible. As a boy, I had a...
Bob Witty
Aug 9, 20223 min read
Wake up, oh Sleeper
In July, I enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime writing retreat/workshop, led by my favorite author in a Scottish castle. The extrovert in me got...
Abigail Welborn
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Storing Up
As soon as Seattle gets summer…then the back-to-school fliers seem to appear. Target, Old Navy—even Anthropologie has their fall décor on...
Miel Formantes
Jul 27, 20222 min read
Cruise Control
I love to drive and there’s nothing I enjoy so much as a road trip. In fall 2021, an injury threatened my driving enthusiasm. I first...
Jani James
Jul 19, 20223 min read
From the Mouths of Baby Dragons
“Why didn’t Jesus just say things normally? I mean if He really wanted people to know about Him, why not just say it?” “If we think our...
Courtney Hjelmervik
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Beyond Imagining
We have a fixed week timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, Monday to Monday. It's almost always the second week in April and over spring break....
Bob Witty
Jul 7, 20223 min read
Angels' Tears
Hopes and dreams are left to die Children scream, and wonder why While angels’ tears fall like rain Trying to wash away the pain My heart...
Steve Colwell
Jun 29, 20223 min read
The Long Wait
I calmly waited behind over 1,200 people in queue online to schedule Thea to get her first COVID-19 vaccine. It took an hour to watch the...
Nicole Starr
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Identity vs. Role Confusion
I love when lessons in my professional life and my spiritual life overlap! It is just another example of where God chooses to meet me in...
Miel Formantes
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Prayer Planes
It started with a pile of 11 x 17 inch copy paper and a box of craft stamps. We were watching the boys for four days and our daughter...
Jani James
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Aha Moments
The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with...
Bob Witty
May 24, 20224 min read
A Partnership
“ . . . on earth as it is in heaven.” How many times have you and I recited The Lord’s Prayer? Many of us have known it by heart since...
Steve Colwell
May 18, 20223 min read
Working for the Lord
Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his...
Courtney Hjelmervik
May 11, 20223 min read
Making a Hard Choice
There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. - 1 Cor. 12:6 NIV In just over three...
Daniel Starr
May 4, 20223 min read
Let The Rain Fall
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. ...
Miel Formantes
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Gifts of the Spirit
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter...
Abigail Welborn
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Howard The Hero
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man...
Jani James
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Healing Prayer
So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have...
Bob Witty
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Church and the Forgotten Factor
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners...
Steve Colwell
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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