Dinner in the Desert
Yvonne Biel2022-07-20T15:21:34-06:00The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul. Psalm 23:1-3a Psalm 23 drops us into a desert [...]
Carrying Fellowship Into Your Community
Carolyn Schmitt2022-06-17T14:33:23-06:00Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath Day’s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those [...]
Sacrificial Hospitality In Desolate Places
Kathleen Petersen2022-06-17T13:23:00-06:00I spent my childhood longing to explore the world outside my small, farming community in Nebraska. I tried to “play it safe” before attempting new ventures. Careful planning was a key element in any foray. [...]
Washed Out Picnic
Grace Hunter2022-06-17T13:00:42-06:00Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, [...]
The Battle Between
Yvonne Biel2025-06-12T19:11:23-06:00Paul says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the [...]
Alone at the Table
Aaron Bjorklund2025-06-19T10:37:58-06:00'God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. ' Psalms 68:6 I don't know how you feel about eating alone. Even [...]
Jesus Prepares for Us
Carolyn Schmitt2025-06-16T14:46:37-06:00Then Jesus told him,(Thomas), “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Jesus did many more miraculous signs in the presence of his [...]
Questioning God
Grace Hunter2025-06-16T14:46:48-06:00Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, [...]
FoMO & Facts
Kathleen Petersen2022-05-08T20:23:07-06:00On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace [...]
Present and Eternal Scars
Yvonne Biel2025-06-16T14:47:01-06:00But [Thomas] said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I [...]
