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“Because I belong, I am in a right place–a found place.” These were the words of a person in my small group, who spoke about her experience of belonging with Christ and in the body of Christ during this season. They were powerful words to hear because of how she spoke them. She spoke them…

Sandy and I have enjoyed the last two months on sabbatical.  Due to the persistent virus, our travel plans had to be cancelled.  We called it our “stay-battical”.  We spent lots of time with our grandkids at our house, their homes, and at the coast.  The coast was awfully foggy – “socked-in”, as Sandy likes…

Do you ever find that sometimes it’s just good to get back to the basics? Basics are usually nothing fancy or shiny or showy. They are the essentials in life, the simple and important facts or ideas that connect us to something important. What are those for you? For me, during this season of challenge,…

I’m back again! It’s me Katie!  These last couple weeks have felt pretty dry for me. It’s felt harder to get into the Bible, or to pray – really it has felt hard to get close to God. You may feel the same way, the complete opposite, or somewhere in between and that is okay.…

This last weekend I taught a message called “What I’m Learning.” You can find it, along with all of our previous messages here. I felt like the Lord so significantly stirred my heart in the preparation and preaching of this message, that I wanted to both encourage you to view it (if you haven’t already),…

I don’t know about you, but I am weary. I choose the word weary only because it seems more of a reflection of the soul. There is not much in my life that has stayed the same – maybe you are in the same boat. Vacations cancelled, work flipped upside down, social/political unrest, pandemic, dreams…

“Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless—cheerfully. Be generous with…

Do you remember where you were or what you were doing ten years ago? Unless there was a significant event or well documented experience it’s not likely you would. For me however, I vividly remember June of 2010. June 12, 2010 was my first day as youth pastor at West Salem Foursquare Church. After spending…