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By Nancy Lindgren
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, âWhom shall I send? And who will go for us?â And I said, âHere am I. Send me!â He said, âGo and tell . . .â Isaiah 6:8-9
For the past 8 months, God has been speaking the word âGOâ into my heart. It seems every time Iâve opened my Bible,...
By Angelica Roszhart
Grief turns life upside down. Some days itâs hard just to breath. C.S. Lewis, in his book, A Grief Observed, put it quite brilliantly when he said, âFor in grief nothing âstays put.â One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. ...
By Jeannine Mitchell
Casting Crowns is my go-to when seeking encouraging and inspirational music. The other day I prayed that God would share a song with me that would reset my perspective and attitude after a difficult week.Â
The first song that played from shuffle mode reminded me of what I call...
By Val Bantz
Sheep. Lots of sheep. Sheep around every bend. Sheep in every field. So many sheep I could fall asleep counting them all. :) Being from Iowa and used to seeing only cows, I delighted in the landscape of sheep on a trip to Ireland, Scotland and England this past October.
One singular s...
By Shannon Clark
Embrace. This word gives me all the yummy feelings. A word associated with many wonderful things, like a physical embrace with another, embracing a beautiful view or a sweet moment in time. When I think of âembrace,â I imagine warmth and happiness. At the root, embrace is about acc...
By Nancy Lindgren
I suppose most of us have heard the term GOAT â meaning Greatest Of All Time. We all have our own opinions on who those people might be in lots of different categories. For me, it looks like this:
Greatest Basketball Player Of All Time â Michael Jordan, duh.
Greatest Worship Lea...
By Haley Osborn
âBlessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her.â - Luke 1:45
Nestled in the hills of the Galilean countryside sits a village. âCan anything good come out of Nazarethâ (John 1:46)? A small, lowly town filled with ordinary people, including a young w...
By Nancy Lindgren
Iâm breaking the âone wordâ rule for 2020 and going with two words instead. Gasp! I know you are probably thinking, âHow could she?â I had to do it. These two words have been jumping out at me this whole past year as I have read my Bible, as Iâve heard people talking about mentori...
By Valerie Bantz
Whoâs ready for turkey and pumpkin pie?! Ready or not, Thanksgiving 2019 is upon us!Â
Every year on Thanksgiving Day, I write a Top Ten list of things Iâm thankful for. This year as I ponder my list, mentoring keeps coming to mind.Â
Iâm increasingly thankful for the role of mento...
By Nancy Lindgren
In honor of my dear friend, Karen Zummo, who passed away on November 4, 2019.
Iâve only known Karen for one year but in that short amount of time she has made a great impact on my life and many others. Karen served on the mentoring team with me at my church and she was one of tho...
 By Haley Osborn
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As people of God, why are we surprised when we encounter people who oppose us? Jesus promised His disciples, âAnd you will be hated for my nameâs sake. But the one who endures to the end will be savedâ (Matthew 10:22, ESV).
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Throughout history, followers of Christ have endure...
BAM! I was six years old and knocked to the ground without much warning. I lay there, knowing what happened, yet wondering what in the world just happened. Â
One beautiful summer day, I was at my brotherâs baseball game watching from the stands with my friend when we spotted the merry-go-round in t...
