The Spiritual Community You’ve Been Longing For

When you think about your relationship with God, what comes to mind? Perhaps you’re in a place of intimacy and joy. You’re discovering the never-ending depths of his goodness and love. You’re experiencing the grace of on-going transformation.  Or maybe when you try to pray to God it feels like the icy silence between two […]

For the Love of Reading

The Disney classic Beauty and the Beast scared me growing up, but I adored the library scenes. You know the ones I mean? Belle greets her neighbors as the movie starts off, on her way to return a book she borrowed and finished in a day. When the bookshop owner tells her there’s nothing new, […]

Cue the Intro Music…

As a mom of 4 I was used to getting attention for the circus that was anytime we went out. But this day as I pushed the grocery cart in the capital city of the country we were serving in, it wasn’t my swarm of children that drew the attention of the woman an aisle […]

This Week’s Theme: New Beginnings

There’s nothing magical about a new calendar, one year moving into the next. But it feels hopeful, doesn’t it? Like we’ve been given a fresh start. There’s anticipation for new possibilities, prayers finally answered, changing circumstances. It doesn’t always happen that way though. As we finish up 2021 and move into 2022, we open our […]

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