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Dec 2018
New Year’s Eve is here. It’s likely that at least one person will ask you what your resolutions are for the year ahead. If you have made – or will make – New Year’s resolutions, you are not alone; some estimates say more than 40% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Self-improvement, or at least the desire for it, is a shared American hobby. But for all the good intentions, only a tiny fraction of us keep our resolutions. And even those that do keep them have to continue coming up with......
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November 20, 2018
The Secret Ingredient For Thanksgiving
As I write this, I’m standing in my kitchen preparing a list of items we’ll need to grab from the store to ensure we have all we need for our family’s Thanksgiving meal this year....
March 06, 2018
Confession Of An Everyday Pastor
By Nathan Bryant, Pastor & Blogger Most of us live in a shadow of what’s really intended for us. We spend most of our days secretly thinking that if we work harder at life we’ll...
March 01, 2018
Urban Spirituality: Embodying God’s Mission in the Neighborhood
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...
February 07, 2018
Why I Need Female Leaders | And You Do Too
It was third grade, and I was running late to the bus stop. Snow had been falling by the inches, and I had spent most of my morning around the TV, hoping to hear that...
February 01, 2018
The Zoe Project | Engaging the Culture and Life Around Us
By Nathan Bryant | Pastor, The Zoe Project So what is this Zoe Project all about? To put it frankly, it is seeking Christ by living and loving life for all that it is and...
December 01, 2017
Advent Breathes Hope
By Nathan Bryant | Pastor, The Zoe Project For a lot of people, Christmas is not always the “most wonderful time of the year.” Between visiting family, buying presents, sending out Christmas cards, and everything...
November 16, 2017
Newness | Finding Renewal in the Gospel
By Nathan Bryant | Pastor, The Zoe Project We talk of new things a whole lot in our culture. Newness is often understood as better. Though I would venture not everyone shares that value, and...
November 14, 2017
You Have a Seat at the Dinner Table
As a boy growing up in Michigan, I remember dinner time being one of my favorite moments of the day. Our whole family would gather around the dinner table to share stories about what we...
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...