Elise Hurd I lay there, bleeding. I held the heating pad against my cramping womb as the final evidence of the little life that had been drained slowly from me. I stared at the white tiled ceiling and did not cry. Not one single tear. My lack of emotion went beyond apathy. Death had physically, …
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SHATTERING LIES TO DISCOVER A NEW IDENTITY
Genie Lopez I’m the youngest child of two full-time, ministry-serving parents. My siblings and I teased each other a lot growing up, so I didn’t cringe much at my nickname, “the accident.” I’d even smile when letting others in on our sad inside joke – I was not supposed to exist. My parents’ lives and home …
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White Collar Criminal Spared From Death
Jeff Parker Proverbs 21:6 – “The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.” I am a white collar criminal. Most of my professional career was spent helping a great company grow its impact in spreading the Gospel through video. I worked at this company for nearly 11 …
FIRE – A CONSUMING POWER THAT TRANSFORMS US INTO THE HOLY PEOPLE OF GOD
This past weekend your church may have celebrated the Christian holy day of Pentecost – the day when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Jewish believers in Christ, 50 days after His crucifixion, just as He had promised. Many would say that Pentecost marks the birth of the Church, the Body of Christ. …
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FAITH LIKE A CHILD – FOR A CHILD
Jennifer McNeely I’ll begin this story back in 2011, when my body went through something that I didn’t even know it could, and I experienced pain like I’ve never experienced before. It was Easter Sunday, and I had just spent the weekend back in Amarillo with my family. As I drove back to Cisco, TX …
FREEDOM – What If Christians Actually Lived Like They Were Free?
Our fast-paced world is rampant with compulsive activity. Many of us compulsively pick up our phones when there’s a dull moment. Or we use coping methods we may not even realize, like shopping, eating, working, escaping, or controlling. These things may seem harmless, but if we are acting out of compulsion, we are essentially slaves …
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A Seed Sown in Grief
Chelsea Richardson October 14th, 2017— a day in time that forced my husband and I to our knees in full denial, absolute heartache, and tremendous suffering. However, that day also marks when, for the first time in my life, through unbearable pain and with every ounce of energy, I mustered the words, “Okay God. Not …
MERCY – A Calling and a Covering
Just earlier this week my four-year-old daughter, Eleanor, sinned against her twin sister, Maggie. Okay, well, she just ate her french fry, but still, to a four-year-old that’s almost unforgivable. Naturally, Maggie got upset and immediately Eleanor apologized, followed by an “it’s okay, I forgive you” from her sister. Directly after this exchange, Eleanor cowered …
LINGERING
Courtney Wetzel We live in a hustling world that feels the need for instant gratification and “moving along.” For far too long, I have found myself pacing around trying to grasp this “vision” I had for my life. Each morning, I wake up with an agenda ready to be conquered. The need to wake up …
TRUST- Surrendering Our Will To God’s Sovereign Plan
Despair, anxiety, lack of rest. Maybe it’s just me, or do you feel it too? Do you feel enslaved to your life? The to-do lists, carpool, sports commitments – not to mention the comparison that the world tells us to answer to. Does your discouragement worsen when you turn on the news? Locally, there have …
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