Heather Gray shares a devotional on death and love and the power of God through it all for families who are deployed in harms way and she speaks with the authenticity of someone who knows because her husband David Gray was killed in Afghanistan.
05/26/2014 by Heather Gray
Phillip Morrison reminds us of the importance of the last week of Jesus' life.
04/20/2014 by Phillip Morrison
Rubel Shelly talks about a book he read recently, "Sanctuary of Outcasts", and challenges us to make the church such a place.
02/23/2014 by Rubel Shelly
Old clothes are comfortable and you get so used to them you do not realize how good new clothes are. Life is like that too.
02/19/2014 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware continues his series on experiencing God through Jesus, Immanuel, this time focusing upon our need for spiritual community, family, fellowship.
02/17/2014 by Phil Ware
Ann Voskamp shares the flash of insight that changed everything and began the journey of a 1000 God gifts and eucharisteo and thanksgiving.
01/17/2014 by Ann Voskamp
Being a follower of Jesus makes one's life NEW and notice the words that said old things have passed away. When you make that decision to follow Jesus and are baptized, then your "old things" do not matter to God anymore; you are NEW.
01/08/2014 by Bill Brant
Jackie Halstead shares with us the process of Examen as she reviews 2013 and looks ahead to 2014 and dedicates her life to God.
01/05/2014 by Jackie Halstead, Ph.D.
The Christian life is much like a race. If you finish, you get a medal. If you don't finish... no medal.
12/11/2013 by Steve Ridgell
We live in a hard world and then we die. The world sees this as bad news getting worse. The Christian sees it as bad news getting better.
10/16/2013 by Steve Ridgell
Rick Brown reminds us that we are called to challenge the status quo like Jesus did and turn our values, our world, upside down and bring the life of the Kingdom the way that God wants.
09/27/2013 by Rick Brown
Phillip Morrison reminds us that our assurance is based on what God does and has done in Jesus, not what we can accomplish for God!
09/26/2013 by Phillip Morrison
Phil Ware continues his series on The Yearning, our need and desire and longing for Jesus to be real to us and close to us and experienceable in our daily lives.
09/23/2013 by Phil Ware
Ron Rose talks about his adopted granddaughter, Halle Grace, a Russian lifeguard and Halle's desire to hug and be hugged.
08/17/2013 by Ron Rose
God offers each of us a pardon, the chance to have our sins blotted out. We can escape the death sentence that sin has placed on us. We can be forgiven. Or we can ignore God's offer and pay the penalty for what we've done.
08/14/2013 by Tim Archer
I overheard a seven year old ask the question that many of us wonder about: Am I going to die?
08/07/2013 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware continues his series on Out of the Box and focusing on the big Four primal fears that Jesus helps us address and he reminds us that salvation involves a from, for, and to component and shouldn't be simply elevator theology.
07/29/2013 by Phil Ware
Ron Rose talks about his adopted grand daughter Halle Grace and how important hugs are to her.
06/27/2013 by Ron Rose
It's not enough to start the Christian race. We have to persevere to the finish line if we want to win the prize.
06/26/2013 by Tim Archer
Things you are glad to have figured out before surgery: Have I made a difference? I am going to die someday. I am not in control.
06/19/2013 by Steve Ridgell
Rubel Shelly weighs in on the tragedy in Oklahoma, our easy explanations, and our overuse of the word just.
06/06/2013 by Rubel Shelly
Tom Norvel reminds us that life happens quickly, fast, and if we are not careful, we can get so busy that we miss life in all its fullness, abundance, and joy.
06/04/2013 by Tom Norvell
Christians grieve the loss of loved ones, but we grieve differently because even in death we have hope of a better life.
05/29/2013 by Steve Ridgell
I need to think about dying. Not in a scared way, nor some kind of morbid obsession. I need to remember that death is coming… and it's not the end. I need to prepare for my real retirement, the one that will last forever. All of the "busyness" that surrou
04/17/2013 by Tim Archer
Phil Ware continues his series that parallels The Story and he brings us to the resurrection of Jesus through the humiliation of his disciples and himself and tying his message to the garments of Jesus.
03/31/2013 by Phil Ware