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Beyond Sunday
by Micah Foster The uncertainty and anxiety surrounding the birth of our savior is unparalleled. What God has promised to the previous generations, what He had plotted since before Adam and Eve fell, was about to happen. God would clothe himself in flesh in order that the flesh of man would not hinder them from…
by Ryan D. I’ve often considered what the miraculous conception of Jesus was like for Joseph. Matthew 1:18-24 offers us a glimpse of what Joseph was experiencing at the time of Mary’s conception. This was something unexpected for Joseph, and probably pretty shocking. Imagine your fiancé showing up pregnant and you weren’t the father, and…
by Micah Foster Hallelujah is an exclamation of praise and worship which means God be praised! “Ooh, let thеre be peace on earthLet the lonely join together, let them know their worthOoh, let the children knowThere’s a brighter day ahead, let’s hold on to hopeAnd on the coldest evening in this DecemberLet us pray the…
by Michelle Vang Life is full of the unknown and I have learned to call it adventure. Instead of seeking negative, I choose positive because I Praise the Lord for giving ME LIFE. Every morning before getting out of bed, since I don’t know what the day will be like or how it ends, I…
by Donny Bolton If you turn on the news or open social media right now, there is so much hate in regards to who and/or how you’ve voted, or how you are handling the COVID pandemic. I keep a lot of these views to myself so that I do not give anyone a reason to…
by Erica Foster It’s no surprise to people closest to me that I can be an anxious person. I’ve struggled with anxiety most of my life, and you could say I’m on a constant quest for peace and rest. I can take a bubble bath until I look like a raisin and sit and watch…
by Monica George In this text, Isaiah speaks to the people of Israel when all hope has been lost. After the year that we’ve all experienced, it may be easy to imagine the devastation and hopelessness that the Israelites were experiencing during this time. However, for me this year has helped me to develop strengths…
by Stacy Wood Suffering. It sure feels like the theme for 2020, doesn’t it? We may have suffered just a bit, sheltering in place and wearing a mask. Perhaps we’ve suffered more, losing a job, distanced from loved ones. Or driven to our knees in despair, as many healthcare workers have described, watching patients struggle…
by Amy Bolton As many of you know, kids can be dramatic and we definitely have a dramatic two year old! He mourns the dropping of a toy or my personal favorite, someone sitting in his seat, like it is the end of the actual world. Sometimes I find myself shaking my head and thinking,…
by Paul Haugen I love Christmas lights. I think at some point, I will become Clark Griswold and overload the power grid with my light display, but for now, I just really enjoy driving through neighborhoods and looking at the lights. It’s the contrast, I think, that draws me in. Light bursting through the darkness.…