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How to Improve Your Mental Health

Jim Jensen

May is Mental Health Awareness month in the United States. I suppose in past years a typical reaction for many of us might have been casual disinterest, but this year is different. Whether you have a family...

Church Happenings

Ron Kuczera

Value Everyone In Your Community

The year was 1982. It was a chilly Michigan May night and my Dad was sitting in his favorite rocker watching the 11 o’clock news. A loud noise interrupted the rhythm of the news. What was...

Personal Stories

Dianne Jacobsen

Perspective

Several times a week someone asks me: How is your husband? I answer: He is doing well. This question is asked because my husband, Jake, has lived in quarantine since...

Culture

Kim Monkevich

Teaching Through The Storm

March 13, 2020, I remember walking around my classroom, staring at the faces of each student and convinced I would see them after Spring Break. COVID-19 wasn’t real and it...

Faith & The Bible

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The Easter Bunny & Jesus

Early one Easter morning a family was driving to the sunrise service at church. The sun was just beginning to rise when a rabbit dashed into the road. The husband...

Personal Stories

Grace Serra-Boldman

Home Sweet Church: One Year Later

At first, it seemed fun. We wore pajamas, I made a special breakfast, we had TV trays and sat in the family room where my husband Regan had us precariously...

Kids & Family

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How to Talk About God With Your Teen

Teens can be difficult to talk to, and it can be challenging figuring out how to talk about God with your teen. Sometimes pulling information from a teenager is like...

Faith & The Bible

Bible with glasses and love tiles on top

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Does God Love Me?

Have you ever wondered, “Does God love me?” Many of us have asked this at least once. Especially when wonder why bad things like pandemics happen, we sometimes question our...

Faith & The Bible

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How to Read the Bible

The Bible is at the foundation of the Christian faith, but it can also feel daunting to read. If you are learning or relearning how to read the Bible, do...

Personal Stories

Lisa Jansen

The Unexpected Gift

It started out like any other day in the cold month of November. At the time, I was a 23-year-old college student living at home with my parents. I had...

Culture

Shepherd's Gate Church

Ask a Therapist: Coping with Stress, Worry, Anxiety

While 2020 is over, the effects of the year’s events are lingering. Everyone has lived through a year of stress, anxiety and grief. And it was hard. In December 2020,...

Personal Stories

Ron Kuczera

How Cancer Changed My Perspective

It’s amazing the thoughts that race through your mind when cancer is mentioned for the first time. For me, this was in 2014. In 2009, my doctor found a lump...

Faith & The Bible

Craig Meyer

Why Was Jesus Born?

With all the ugliness in the world and our lives today, you may be asking yourself, “Why was Jesus born? Wasn’t He supposed to end all of it?” Christmas is...

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How to Improve Your Mental Health

Value Everyone In Your Community

Perspective

Teaching Through The Storm

The Easter Bunny & Jesus

Home Sweet Church: One Year Later

How to Talk About God With Your Teen

Does God Love Me?

How to Read the Bible

The Unexpected Gift

Ask a Therapist: Coping with Stress, Worry, Anxiety

How Cancer Changed My Perspective

Why Was Jesus Born?

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