Joy. Every time I sit down to write one of these stories, I want to begin with the words, “This month, I have the joy of sharing about…” And that’s because it really is my joy to share these ministries with you. Connecting with, serving alongside, and telling the stories of ministries in our community that are loving people like Jesus is joyful. And our time with Everybody’s Place was exactly that. When I reached out to Cathy Jo Lopez, Director of Operations at Everybody’s Pl

Do You Trust the Lord? In reading Psalms, I’m always amazed by David’s faith and reliance on the Lord. We fold under the smallest of pressures sometimes, and here he was, running and hiding for long periods of time because not once, but twice, people wanted to kill him. Can you imagine the pain and torment he faced? First, his best friend’s dad turned against him in 1 Samuel, and then his own son in 2 Samuel. I know what that would do to me—the mind games and the complete and

Who Do You Say You Are? What we attach our identity to forms us, which is why we need to die to self and let our identity be in Christ. Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” When we are being introduced or introducing ourselves, we say our names and generally what we do—our occupation. With this, we have introduced ourselves and attached what we do to our identity. This

It Was Always The Plan I’ve been reading in the Old Testament, and I’m really finding myself interested in the seven festivals—the Lord’s appointed festivals. In Leviticus 23, it lays out what they are and why the Israelites were to observe them. These are interesting to me because as the Lord is explaining them to Moses, He reminds the people who He is, and He also says that these are to be lasting ordinances for the generations to come. These festivals gave the Israelites o

The People God Places Around Us My daughter was struggling with some Algebra work that she needed to do, and though I’m not good at math, I tried to help her out. When that didn’t work, I went to my husband (he’s good at math), and he tried to help her. But you know when you haven’t done something in a while, trying to jump into it blind can be hard. Well, next we grabbed our oldest son. He’s a senior, so he sat down and said, “Okay, let me show you how to figure this out.” I

“In A Little While” What does “In A Little While” mean? What an honest question. We all have our own meaning for “in a little while,” but when it comes from God, we really don’t know what it means. In John 16:16-18, we read a very honest response from the disciples that we can all understand. (Of course this is all pertaining to Jesus’s death, but it lands the timing topic so well) John 16:16-18 - “In a little while you won’t see me anymore. But a little while after that, you