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You Never Know Who's Watching
My dad used to always tell me that being a good person was more important than grades. I wish I hadn’t taken that so literally looking back. There were more than a few occasions we would have to have hard talks about my grades. I was a little too social for high...
Football, Skinny Jeans and Marriage
It turns out football, skinny jeans, and marriage have more in common than you may realize. Kyle and I will celebrate our first anniversary this month. More than ever, I am realizing that time goes by so quickly. Our first year has been the greatest journey. We have...
What's the Difference?
What’s different about you? Your physical characteristics are probably pretty easy to spot. Are you short or tall? Do you have long hair or short? Are you younger or older? And, the list could go on… But, the more important question is: What’s different about how you...
Getting More for Christmas – A Guide to Advent 2015
A few years ago , I was flipping through my journals looking for something that would spark a sermon idea. Our church was heading into the fray of the holiday season and I needed a little inspiration. As I flipped through my journals, I paid special attention to...
Hope is Coming; Hope is Here: Lessons while watching a Western on Netflix
On the weekends my husband and I often attempt to watch a movie together…attempt, being the key word. Typically we find ourselves exhausted, bewildered and dazed; having just army-crawled our way through the trenches of “bedtime” with our two small children. When we...
Hope Brighter than a Box of Matches
Some people say knowing the first 1,000 digits of Pi is a useless talent. They say finishing a Rubix cube is a silly waste of dexterity. They say a database of fairy tale/Disney knowledge is a useless, nay! a foolhardy use of brain capacity. Specifically speaking to...
When You Feel Like You're Being Pulled Apart…You Are
Why is that when things get hard the first question we ask is, "Did I miss it? Did I not hear God correctly?" Or is that just me? Two years ago my wife, Katie, and I agonized over the biggest decision of the eleven years we had been married. Option 1 Accept a...
The Cross in the Rubble
Post by Jenn Hand I had been on a plane for the past two days. Now I was arriving in the middle of the night on the other side of the world in Kathmandu, Nepal - a country that will always hold a huge part of my heart. I lived in Nepal almost 3 years total. I love...
What's Better Than Getting Nailed in the Face by a Dodgeball?
I’ve not always been as buff as I am right now.
In fact, in my earlier years, I was a pretty scrawny little fella’. Knobby knees. Chicken legs. You know, all of those attributes that attract the ladies like moths to a flame.
Close Your Mouth and "Selah"
Stop. Wait. Think about that for a moment. The Psalms are trying to help us practice “selah.”
Upcoming Teaching Series – Summer Jams: The Soundtrack of Life with God
If you had a soundtrack for life, what would be on it? When you’re angry, sad, excited or confused? What if there were songs from the Bible that were like the soundtrack to your life with God?