by Aaron Syvertsen | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog, Commitment, Community, Member of Church, The Church
There is no shortage of studies from both faith-based organizations and secular ones that point to declining church membership across the country, especially amongst millennials. While this often gets overblown as a talking point (at Grace, our fastest growing...
by Andy Steen | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog, Contentment
Perhaps no phrase better captures the contemporary mindset than the saying, “follow your heart.” We can imagine nearly any Disney hero or heroine proclaiming this mantra, and ourselves nodding in agreement. But where will following one’s heart really lead? The...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Discipleship, Encouragement, Holiness, Obedience, Perseverance
There’s no shortage of cleverly worded phrases that are spoken often amongst the people of God that are meant to encourage, exhort, and equip. This isn’t a problem in and of itself, of course, but it starts to become dangerous when phrases that are not in the...
by Andy Steen | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Holiness
You’ve made a decision to follow Christ. Now what? What ethic do you live by? The Ten Commandments? Poor Richard’s Almanac? In several places in the New Testament we are taught to live the Christian life by what the old time theologians called mortification and...
by Mary Capalbo | Aug 8, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, Commitment, Community, Faith, Obedience, Prayer, Trust
The Background I never thought that the employees at a bowling alley would know my shoe size by heart. About four months ago, my husband got the great idea to buy my brother-in-law, Michael, a summer bowling pass for his college graduation gift. And, as bowling is no...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Aug 5, 2018 | Blog
As we look back over our lives, it’s often the routine, daily moments of life that shape us more so than the one-time, memorable ones. And it’s through this lens that I have a plea for all of us – let us not lose sight of how important it is to regularly eat...
