Bethany McMillon
Sunrises,Sunsets and Shadow
Gray, billowy clouds fill the sky. Rain and thunderstorms rolled through the city all night and left evidence of their presence this...
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Sam Martin
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Friendship:A Love Story
1// November 2011. I’m 22 and newly married, in a suburban megachurch comprised almost exclusively of families with kids. Nary a young...
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Brittany Green
- Nov 29, 2023
- 4 min
Did We Save the Light?
This is the month when Daylight Savings ends. I feel like it always brings up many opinions – some people love the extra hour of sleep, some
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Bethany McMillon
- Nov 15, 2023
- 5 min
FFNN - I Have Not Stopped Giving Thanks
Thank you, Lord, for the warmth of coffee. Thank you for giving us the ability to smell, to feel the differences of hot and cold. You are
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Sherry Johnston
- Nov 8, 2023
- 5 min
The Man on the Mat
Most of you have heard my story, the most important part is recorded in the Bible (Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:18-26), but you don't even know...
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Brittany Green
- Oct 18, 2023
- 6 min
Shattered Shame
The other day I was in a conversation about names. We were discussing whether or not we liked our names, the way old names are coming...
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Christy Williams
- Sep 13, 2023
- 7 min
Home, Schmome!
I played softball when I was a kid. I played second base, and we had such a fun team, The Sluggers. We all went to school together and...
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Bethany McMillon
- Mar 29, 2023
- 4 min
Homesickness
Sleep hadn’t come easily in the hours before. I’d tossed and turned and finally found comfort curled under the blankets. Now, my eyes...
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Bethany McMillon
- Feb 1, 2023
- 3 min
Which Voice
On a recent Friday morning, in the darkness of the before school hours, I sink with a huff down into my favorite green paisley chair in...
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Sherry Johnston
- Feb 1, 2023
- 4 min
Not Today Lord!
How do you feel when someone does something despicable and then is made to pay the price? But what if, instead, they get forgiveness,...
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Sherry Johnston
- Jan 11, 2023
- 2 min
Grace Like Rain
I have two dogs. One loves to go outside when it is raining. The other thinks the first is nuts. He does not want to go near the door...
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Debbie Vallejo
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
A Knock on the Door
Josh walks through the door of his home after school hoping for someone to love him enough to see him and care he is there. His mom is in th
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Brittany Green
- Oct 26, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons From Shelling Peanuts
This summer, our student ministry took a team of students to Zambia. This trip was a dream come true for me. I’ve had the desire to do...
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Bethany McMillon
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
Altars of Remembrance
My heart pumps to the rhythm of the bass as music thumps and swells energy through the crowd. We stand in a sea of golden clad fans, a...
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Bethany McMillon
- May 11, 2022
- 4 min
Engage In The Obsession
“Momma! Momma, will you help me find the missing one?” My growing-too-fast boy kneels in the dining room chair leaning on his elbows...
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Christy Williams
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
Faith In The Crisis
We were standing in the hallway wrapping up a conversation when a friend hit me with it. First came the tears. Then the sobbing. We had...
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Debbie Vallejo
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
I Am Humbled
I turn fifty at the end of this year. The big 5-0. Honestly, I don’t feel like I’m about to turn 50, but my birth certificate says it...
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Bethany McMillon
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Breathe In, Breathe Out!
Standing at the sink, I fill up a spray bottle for my Sunday evening routine: watering the few plants I attempt to keep alive - four...
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Brittany Green
- Mar 16, 2022
- 5 min
So Put Your Hands Up and Cue Beyonce
I I had been with different groups of friends or students almost every day for two weeks straight. Different dinners, events, coffee...
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Debbie Vallejo
- Jan 26, 2022
- 6 min
It's Time for a Room Search
Isaiah 1:16-17, “Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do...
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