by Mary Capalbo | Apr 28, 2021 | Encouragement, Perseverance, Sovereignty of God, Trust
You gripped the handlebars, steadied your feet on the pedals and took off! There you were, the wind in your face, pedaling faster and faster as your balance steadied. You did it! You were riding a two-wheeler like all the big kids. Then it happened. That dreaded...
by Mary Capalbo | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog, Contentment, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith and Fear, Perseverance, Prayer, Sovereignty of God, Surrender
I was recently having a conversation with a close friend and she said something that has kept echoing in the back of my mind ever since. We were discussing frustrations in life and she said, “Our culture is so focused on being comfortable, that the moment...
by Andy Steen | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog, Christmas Events, Commitment, Faith, Gratitude, Holiday, Perseverance, Surrender, Trust
Amazingly, Advent has begun again in earnest. Advent is a season of waiting, and the way we celebrate it reveals what we are most interested in. Unfortunately, since I was a kid I’ve viewed Advent as a countdown to Christmas: only two more candles to go until we open...
by Mary Capalbo | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Faith, Perseverance, Surrender, Trust
It’s was like it appeared over night! All of the sudden our neighbors had this giant vine growing in their front garden bed. We ran into them a few days later, and they shared with us that they thought it might be a pumpkin vine. Apparently last fall they had...
by Mary Capalbo | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog, Christian Living, Community, Encouragement, Faith, Perseverance, Relationships
I didn’t want to write this blog yet. My plan has always been to wait until God brings us to the other side of this season to write about it. I wanted to be able to share the journey, and the amazing outcome. I didn’t want to write while still in the...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Sep 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith, Perseverance, Trust
This past weekend, we began a new sermon series in the book of Philippians, where we’ll take nine weeks to work our way through four chapters and our hope in it is that our “love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that we may approve what...
