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There’s Really No Place Like Home!
May 25th, 2020

There’s Really No Place Like Home!

Jen Pollock Michel

To come of age—at least in our family—means earning the right to watch  The Wizard of Oz . (Isnt a certain degree of maturity required for facing those evil monkeys?) The film adaptation of L. Frank Baums novel is a classic story about the search for home. Dorothy and ...

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Honesty with God in the Pandemic
May 18th, 2020

Honesty with God in the Pandemic

Dana Ergenbright

It can be easy to connect with God and spend time reading the Bible when we feel peaceful and happy with everything in our lives. But what do we do when pain and loss have slammed into us, when our lives and hearts are a chaotic mess? It can ...

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Allow an Encounter with God to Speak to Your Questions
April 20th, 2020

Allow an Encounter with God to Speak to Your Questions

Christina Miller

Questions in a time of pandemic We all want answers. Many times they are easily given: What time is dinner? When is my trip home? Who will join me? Answers bring clarity and structure to our lives. They help us know what to expect, giving us concrete handles ...

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Palm Sunday Intrigue
April 6th, 2020

Palm Sunday Intrigue

Gary Wiley

Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! This past weekend we celebrated Palm Sunday. We looked on at the celebration from the outside, as we still cannot gather publicly for worship. Ironically, that may have been a fitting reality this time—seeing this from ...

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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
February 24th, 2020

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Gary Wiley

Marked for all to see I’ll never forget the first time I received ashes on my forehead on Ash Wednesday. I was part of a non-denominational church in New York City, a church that, although it was a relatively new church plant, was committed to be grounded in ...

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Success and Love Wrapped into One
December 2nd, 2019

Success and Love Wrapped into One

Tara-Leigh Cobble

In Part 1  of this series, we talked about three common mistakes I have made when reading the Bible and how my relationship with God benefitted when I corrected those things. The first mistake I made was approaching Scripture with a lens for myself ...

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What Paul Never Prayed For
November 18th, 2019

What Paul Never Prayed For

Jennifer Duncan

Last week was Veterans Day and I couldn’t help but remember that day by honoring a late neighbor and reflecting on how our lives intersected at a critical time in his life. The encounter also helped me to find a theme in Scripture that I had not noticed before.   ...

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Sunday Morning Time Travel
November 11th, 2019

Sunday Morning Time Travel

Sherri K. Edman

We try valiantly to limit media consumption in our home, but as any parent knows, it’s incredibly difficult. And as any stay-at-home parent knows, it’s especially difficult when your kids are operating at maximum “twerpitude” and driving each other—and you—crazy. Sometimes, when we are in each other’s faces, the ...

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