The Best Community Begins with Us
It’s been 10 years since I chose to leave a small nonprofit and accept a position with a much larger community. For several years, I'd heard heartwarming stories of what was described as a family [...]
Carefully Crafted Steps
I don’t know about you, but I find rocks to be quite fascinating. They come in so many shapes and sizes and they are so unique. There is not one that is the same. Last [...]
School is Back from Summer – A Time for Prayer
Throughout the country, a new school year is once again, upon us! This is always a very exciting and promising time of year for the teachers, students, and staff; but also, especially in this complex [...]
Cherished Comfort
It was late in the afternoon when I arrived home and noticed a small, adorable Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal on a table in our front hallway. Knowing it was not mine, I quickly asked, [...]
Lavishing Grace: Chosen & Redeemed
It’s the first thing I see when I enter my office every morning. Even in the darkness of the room where just a sliver of light peeks through the blinds, the black wooden letters spelling [...]
Via de Cristo: Bringing it Home
By Pastor Dave Rankin, Senior Spiritual Director Recently during a time of sharing, I heard a question I had not heard in some time and it reminded me of things I had heard in the [...]