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We believe that what the Lord has done in your life He wants to do through your life. Our stories prophesy to the earth what the Lord can do. We’ve created a space to share what the Lord has done in lives of those in our community.
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Faith & Holy Spirit
There are many aspects of our faith and our relationship with the Holy Spirit. For some of our best posts that address this topic, click below.
Redemptive Grace
Many people can affirm the phrase Black Lives Matter but are quick to hate on the organization that made this phrase popular.
… instead of searching for and magnifying what we don’t agree on, what would be the worst that would happen if we identify and magnify elements we can agree on in the name of redemption?
Canceling Cancel-Culture
Cancel-culture is counter-productive to racial reconciliation. In the fight for justice, we need to learn to preserve our relationships through hard conversations and grace.
My Introduction and Response to Discrimination
My story starts pre-Civil Rights (in the ‘40s and ‘50s), as I was raised in a middle-class white household, fairly standard, though my dad was a tavern owner (a bit of an unusual job in our suburb). I was raised around more Black people than most because my dad employed them.
Building Generational Foundations to Break Down Racial Bias
As children, we do not have a choice about whom we grow up around and what influences we are exposed to. Around the globe, personal experiences related to other races and cultures are not only varied but are also vastly different. We can look upon our differences as dividing factors, or we can listen, learn, and begin to appreciate and acknowledge both the beauty and the pain that comes from them. While moving from point A to Z is not a simple feat, perhaps we can start by recognizing one thing we all have in common: we have yet to experience sustained harmony among all people groups.
Remember Who You Represent
The Substance of Love
As the COVID-19 dust seemingly began to settle, a chilling and heartbreaking video surfaced of George Floyd being slowly strangled for eight minutes by the knee of an officer with his hands in pockets. He begged for the basic right to breathe. The words that he struggled to release that have now become symbolic and forever tattooed on our memory was a phrase that went completely ignored: “I can’t breathe.”
Why Your Job Matters in the Kingdom
I can still remember the day, about a decade ago, that I sat down in front of my boss for my review. At this point in my career, I was working in the office for a company that specialized in lawn and garden attachments.
Simple Obedience
God asks us to give up all sorts of things, and it’s up to us to obey. A lot of times He even gives us a choice. Because... it’s our choice if we want to allow a place for Him to abide in us... or the world. Sometimes, it means giving up as little as a certain food, or a tv show, or sometimes it’s a bit of a bigger deal. Maybe it’s drugs, alcohol, or sports (Hey, it could happen). God wants to help us remove toxic things in our lives. The things He asks us to give up are generally things taking up space in our lives where He should be.
Revival in the Corner
God is breaking His Church free of insecurities and competitions. I’m certain of it. I see it happening increasingly in my own community, and I regularly hear beautiful stories of it happening elsewhere. I’d like to share one personal story in the hope that the Lord will speak to you in the context of your relationships with those around you.
The Seed of Fear
We get so busy that we think we don’t have time to slowdown…
However in September of 2014, I was suddenly pulled into the reality that sometimes, we basically have to stop.
Pandemic Reflections
I’m writing this one week into what promises to be one of the most bizarre seasons of our lives. One week ago here in Illinois, the governor’s stay-at-home order went active, and since then the majority of us have been acclimating to new rhythms of working from home. For those of us who spent our days at work in the church, suddenly our lives have become full of Zoom meetings and wrestling with what ministry looks like when you cannot be with people in person.
Gifts to Give a Grieving Heart
What I didn’t know then was the very things that seemed to make the season merry and bright didn’t always bring tidings of comfort and joy to all. The city’s busy sidewalks may have been dressed up in holiday style to create a feeling of Christmas; but it was, nonetheless, a feeling not always felt by everyone.
Parable of the Talents
As I have stepped into my role at On the Journey as Social Media Specialist, occasionally I would find myself asking “what is the vision?”, and “what is my role in facilitating making the vision actually happen?”…
Never Say Never... Or Do. (God'll Have a Good Laugh!)
Ok, let’s play a game. The category is “Things you said you’d never do.” I’ll go first…
I said I’d never leave my teaching career
I said I’d never eat goat cheese or avocados
I said I’d never have more than three kids
I said I’d never never own a minivan
I said I’d never do anything that dealt with social media other than post pics for my family
COMING OUT OF HIDING
I’ve always loved the back row. I felt safe there, hidden. School, church, ministry, projects, you name it... and I showed up there and hid in the back row…
SOKM, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, & YOUR FRONT LAWN
Continued spiritual growth is important for every person. Our lives are a continual journey of becoming more and more the person that God made us to be, and this involves near-constant change…
Infidelity & The Church Series
Nobody likes to acknowledge that Christians can find themselves in this place, but it happens. Engage with this series as Cassie vulnerably shares the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to walking this stuff out in the church.
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Doris had a rare retinal disease since she was a child. This disease made her vision very cloudy and blurry, and would also put a web-like structure over her vision. She recently had Covid and everything got worse and she developed arthritis throughout her body, which is actually linked to her rare disease. This day at the conference, she could barely see.