Why Hospitality is Every Believers Job
Why Hospitality Is Every Believer’s Jobby Jeff Poor Some of my favorite childhood memories are of playing with the neighborhood kids. Any chance we got we were outside or over someone’s house. And it wasn’t just us kids, our parents were in on it as well. This...
Blessed to Be a Blessing
Blessed to Be a Blessingby Kimberlee Herbic Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a...
Legalism or Loyalty: Are We Chasing Religion or Relationship?
Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, and that she is a sinner.” —Luke 7:39 It's not about religion...
Why I Believe: One Skeptic’s Journey to Faith Part 1: Knowing the Bible
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. —Matthew 7:8 (NKJV) Have you ever been skeptical or had questions about God? I sure have. I was an atheist who believed that science had disproved God and the Bible. I thought belief in God was...
Out With the Old, In With the New
Those who accepted his message were baptized. —Acts 2:41 I will never forget the day my husband decided to get baptized. We had just found our new church home and on our first visit they announced baptism weekend would be in two weeks. As we left church, I prayed that he would open...
Communion: What Is It Really About?
Think about the most memorable meal you have ever had. Perhaps it was a specific holiday meal that conjures up warm memories with loved ones. Maybe it was that birthday dinner when you turned thirty. Or your first date at a “fancy” restaurant. For me, it was the pizza my wife and I...
The Freedom We Can Find
We all long for freedom. The freedom to live fully, breathe deeply, and let go of everything that holds us back. For much of my life, I misunderstood what freedom was. I thought it was about independence, about making my own way and proving I could do it all on my own. But the harder I fought...
Why Community Matters
Let’s be honest, people are messy and friendships are hard. How many of us have been hurt by a friend, betrayed by someone we trusted, or felt like we were the only ones making any effort in the relationship? I know I have. So, what’s the point? Sometimes it seems easier to just not...
A God Who Listens
“Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And you can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do you look with favor on those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they? … I will stand at my watch and station myself on the...
Like a River
I recently saw a social media post that asked people to: “Post a picture of a time where you felt truly happy.” As I scrolled through the posts, I saw no pictures of families running through an airport or of cars full of people trapped on the I-70 weekend parking lot. There were no...