Staff Blog

Journal Your Experience for Historical Record

By Mark | March 24, 2020

A nation-wide quarantine is quite rare, and most definitely will be written about in history books for years to come. This is a great time to write a record day by day of not only events on the news, but of personal opinions and perspectives. What a gift it will be to a later generation…

Dare to Trust God and Bring Others Along

By Sarah Cristiano | March 18, 2020

This month I’m going to take a break from the “Biblical Virtues to Pray for Your Children” because I think the Lord has a different lesson for me this week… “Dare to Trust God and bring others along” is the title of the Kids Church lesson this week. Seems like coincidental timing, doesn’t it? The…

INSIDE THE MALE SOUL

By Seth Gatchell | March 12, 2020

INSIDE THE MALE SOUL That for which my soul longs, a window inside me. Longing for connection, alive, loving and free. A stronger me to face troubles, disappointments, A settled inner peace; rest in His enjoyment.   I’ll invite God inside to walk in my tired shoes, To stand when heart wearied, sing praise and…

Running on Empty

By Lance Brown | February 24, 2020

I like to think of myself as a person who can accomplish a lot.  In fact, for good or bad, that’s been a source of pride for me for most of my life.  I can accomplish a lot in a short period of time.  I can focus on a task, and really push it through…’til…

Biblical Virtues to Pray for Your Child

By Sarah Cristiano | February 18, 2020

God works in such cool ways, doesn’t He? Over the last several weeks I’ve been reminded to pray for certain things or specific people at different times throughout my days. To me, this is the Lord putting it on my heart and growing me in the area of prayer. In church a couple weeks ago,…

The Anchor

By Seth Gatchell | February 12, 2020

THE ANCHOR January 28, 2020   The old, wooden warship at the mercy of the waves, Heaving skyward, plunging seaward, in search of watery graves? The waves ripped off the rudder in the fierce Atlantic gale! And the hurricane-like wind just broke off the main sail!   The strong gulf current will surge us far…

3 Biblical virtues for your child

By Sarah Cristiano | January 14, 2020

Hey Parents! How was your prayer life last month for your children? Were you able to pray for them the virtues of Salvation, Growth in Grace, and Love? I hope it brought you peace in the moments you needed it most. Here are three more virtues this week. These are prayers not only for our…

Marriage “Tune-Ups”

By Seth Gatchell | January 7, 2020

Lots of things in our lives require maintenance. My car needs an oil change, oil filter, tire rotation, new tires, new transmission fluid, new windshield wipers. We reset new goals for the new year. We revisit our budget. We upgrade our wi-fi network, we redecorate and remodel rooms in our homes. For some reason, we…

A Thought on Parenting

By Mark | December 16, 2019

I was listening to a Podcast with Pastor Mike Erre the other day and he was talking about parenting his teenage children. As a parent and spending the majority of my career working with teens, I took an active interest in what he had to say. He started by relating the way our heavenly father…