by Mary Capalbo | Feb 27, 2019 | Christian Living, Daily Life, Faith and Fear, Gospel, Obedience
I remember it like it was yesterday. My heart was pounding as I saw Katie sit down near me in the dining hall. I could feel the Lord nudging me to go share with her. It was my freshman year in college and I had just returned from spending spring break in Daytona...
by Andy Steen | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Commitment, Community, Daily Life, Heaven, Obedience, Perseverance, Spiritual Warfare
In our yard we have many squirrels. I have observed on more than one occasion that there is rarely just one squirrel on the lawn looking for acorns or trying to outwit my bird feeder. Instead, there are four or five of them out there. I have also observed predators...
by Mary Capalbo | Aug 29, 2018 | Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Obedience, Sovereignty of God, Surrender
Is there a certain book of the Bible that you have found yourself turning back to through different seasons of life? It doesn’t seem to matter how many times you’ve read through it, you just long for it? Proverbs is that book for me. So it was no surprise...
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 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 Mary Capalbo | May 9, 2018 | Blog, Community, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Obedience, Perseverance, Prayer, Sovereignty of God, Surrender, Trust
Have you ever watched a pinwheel? At just the slightest breeze it begins spinning, and when a stronger gust hits, you can no longer see the individual parts, it is now a beautiful ever-changing kaleidoscope. To be honest, I’m a little jealous of pinwheels. With...