by Zac Griffith | Aug 1, 2023 | Articles
Have you ever stepped into a room without any idea of what you’ll find? Walking into a room full of junior high and high school students might be one of the most intimidating experiences in a person’s life. Wouldn’t it be nice to have proper expectations for what to...
by Jodi Harvey | Jul 25, 2023 | Articles
(5/5) “How would you live differently if you believed your body was good?” Jess Connolly asks this question of her readers, and I have found the answer to be powerfully transforming. Breaking Free from Body Shame approaches the topics of body image and body shame...
by Hannah Woodhouse | Jul 18, 2023 | Articles
In Psalm 95:1-6, we read a proclamation from the psalmist: Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord...
by Dale Shaw | Jul 11, 2023 | Articles
(5/5) Wendell Berry is an eighty-eight-year-old farmer in rural Kentucky. He is also a former professor at Stanford University, a novelist, poet, essayist, environmentalist, and critic of modern American culture. My wife, Sarah, and I have read most of his novels and...
by Katie Schulenborg | Jun 27, 2023 | Articles
(5/5) Don’t be fooled by its epic size (500+ pages)! This historical nonfiction book is a masterpiece and will have you continually looking for more time to turn its pages. The Warmth of Other Suns is beautifully written with heartbreakingly true content of The Great...
by Hannah Woodhouse | Jun 20, 2023 | Articles
As a high schooler, the letterman jacket was a status symbol for athletes like myself. Each time I got a varsity letter, I excitedly pinned proof of it on my jacket. By senior year, I’d managed to rack up nine varsity letters and I wore that jacket all the time. If...
by Zac Griffith | Jun 15, 2023 | Articles
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5) I had a professor in Bible college who would always tell his students that to bore people with the Bible is a sin. Why? Because the Bible is not boring! It is the greatest story ever told. However, there are times when I do not enjoy reading the...
by Hannah Woodhouse | Jun 8, 2023 | Articles
The book of Philippians addresses many struggles within the Christian life. One such struggle is the fight for gratitude. In Philippians 1:12-14; 18-20, Paul shares how he cultivates a grateful life amid struggle: “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened...
by Don Bartemus | Jun 6, 2023 | Articles
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5) “What happens when dire circumstances don’t change? What happens when life doesn’t turn out as we had hoped?” Two good questions that lead to another fundamental question, “Is God good”? (p. 4) As a pastor in a church of more than four thousand souls,...
by Mitch DePoy | May 30, 2023 | Articles
The information below is based on the book Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Dr. Don Whitney. Meditating on God’s Word is one way to stoke the fire of God’s love in your heart. But by meditating, I don’t mean sitting in a yoga pose and attempting to...
