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Mar 2018
By Karina Kreminski Often when I come across books about spirituality, the pictures on the front covers of those books make me smile. Usually there will be a photo of the mountains, the desert or the ocean with not a human being in sight. If there are any people, they usually look lost in their own thoughts, with dreamy expressions on their faces, eyes closed with a look that conveys escaping from the world. I think this is true for secular as well as Christian spirituality books. So what would a spirituality......
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August 03, 2017
Stories From Ukraine | Meet Sergei
Stories aren’t just found in a good book, they’re hidden behind the eyes of the person right in front of you. They have flesh, they have feelings, and they have a name. But are we...
July 30, 2017
Stories From Ukraine | Meet Arkasha
Stories aren’t just found in a good book, they’re hidden behind the eyes of the person right in front of you. They have flesh, they have feelings, and they have a name. But are we...
July 14, 2017
Diversify Your Dinner Table
Every single one of us is a sojourner traveling from a place we currently stand to the place we hope to be. On this road we encounter obstacles, bumps and dead ends that cause us...
May 25, 2017
Church Isn’t A Building
Our house has been witness to birthday parties and baptisms. It’s a place that we’ve welcomed friends, family, and even the occasional stranger. We may not have a sanctuary with pews, but we often hold...
October 03, 2016
Church
By Courtney Chow According to the Internet, “church” is defined as a building used for public Christian worship — a building that might well resemble the one I grew up calling church. I remember it...
September 25, 2016
Life Inside a Story
One of my family’s favorite shows right now is NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior.” It’s a sports entertainment competition spin-off of the Japanese television series “Sasuke.” If you tune in to watch the show, you’ll see...
August 02, 2016
The Lost Art of Staying Put
A few days back I was sitting at a local coffeehouse with a few friends talking about the weekend. As conversation took place I couldn’t help but notice a small group of people sitting around...
July 23, 2016
Turning Toward Jesus Together
Authored by Jeremy Penn Whenever the church gathers in my home we always begin the gathering with a shared meal. Around the table we are recentered around the presence of Christ, and the gathered are...
July 22, 2016
Forming Spiritual Families
What would it look like if you built a church without walls? Would there be music? Would people even show up? This past weekend two home churches decided to test these questions and took over...