Author: Carolyn Gard   I had a sweatshirt with a similar picture on it. I enjoyed wearing it, and got a lot of smiles. Except for once. A man came up to me and told me it was heresy and that I was going to Hell. I simply walked...

Author: Nicole Speer But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ~Luke 23:28 The weight of our collective cross feels particularly heavy this Lenten...

Author: Nancy Wade I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever. Psalm 45:17   Family stories I heard as a child have stayed with me. My Dad’s family in...

Author: Mark Pickett God has shown you what is good. What does God require of you? To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 Margot and I moved to Colorado from North Carolina nearly two years ago....

Author: Amy Ostwald Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to...

Gifts of Grace Author: Nicole Speer Proverbs 27 tells us the best friends are those who are not afraid to wound us in the service of helping us become the people we strive to be. By this measure, God has blessed me with an abundance...

Gratitude   Author: Betsy Barrett   I believe God desires that we be in a state of gratitude as much as possible. Here’s what helps me: Every night before I sleep, I write down five things I’m grateful...

Preparing the Way   Author: Eric Malmborg   The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Mark 1:3    I was particularly taken by Pastor Chris’s...

Stewardship Author: Nicole Speer   For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~Matthew 6:21   My daughter is the most generous person I know. She rarely wants anything for herself and instead...

Author: Jeanne Lounsbury   He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no...