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When Alzheimer’s, Cancer & COVID Comes Home

Nancy Reagan said it best: Facing dementia and Alzheimer’s with someone you love is like a “long goodbye.” In December 2019 and through 2020, my life has been rocked. My...

Kids & Family

Regina Weichel

How to Teach a Child to Pray

As parents, we are our child’s main influence. As Christian parents, teaching a child to pray is similar to teaching them anything else in life. So, how do we teach...

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Shepherd's Gate Church

Shepherd’s Gate Serves the Community

Step Out & Serve 2020 Recap It’s hard to believe it’s almost been a month since our Step Out & Serve 2020 event at Shepherd’s Gate Church. Our local outreach...

Personal Stories

Gaylynne Giliberto

What’s In A Name?

What’s in a name? We often choose our children’s names to honor someone we know who has impacted our lives. We even pick names for cars, boats and vacation homes—even...

Faith & The Bible

Craig Meyer

What Does It Mean To Fear God?

“…Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13 (ESV) Fear is a feeling we have recently experienced more than we would like....

Faith & The Bible

Dianne Jacobsen

Don’t Go To Church

Imagine it’s Sunday morning back in the days when things were normal. You are busy getting yourself and/or your family ready to leave the house to go to church. Have...

Culture

Kathi Repinski

Who Is In Control?

When I married my husband, Jim, I inherited quite a large family. But, I also wanted a child that we conceived together. We were ultimately blessed with Jeremiah, our first son. As this made twelve kids for Jim...

Culture

Sharron Allen

The Church, Race, & Jesus

I grew up in a Pentecostal church where we clapped our hands, replied to pastor sermons with “amen” and “hallelujah,” shouting and speaking in tongues — far from the church...

Kids & Family

Alecia Swejkoski

Showing Up

For half of my life, I was what you would call a “holiday Christian.” I was always searching for something, but I was searching in all the wrong places —...

Personal Stories

Savanna DiStefano

What Does It Mean To Be Strong?

Since my mother’s sudden death in 2017, people began to tell me I was “strong.” In the hospital the night she died, during the funeral, after I returned to school...

Faith & The Bible

Dianne Jacobsen

When Will Normal Show Up?

I long for my friend, Normal, to show his face. I miss him. I am beginning to doubt he ever existed. Normal usually shows up in my psyche when life...

Faith & The Bible

Craig Meyer

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Why do bad things happen? When “bad” things happen (like death, natural disasters, pandemics, etc.) we, as human beings, tend to reflect on our current relationship (or absence of relationship)...

At Home with the Childers

When Alzheimer’s, Cancer & COVID Comes Home

How to Teach a Child to Pray

Shepherd’s Gate Serves the Community

What’s In A Name?

What Does It Mean To Fear God?

Don’t Go To Church

Who Is In Control?

The Church, Race, & Jesus

Showing Up

What Does It Mean To Be Strong?

When Will Normal Show Up?

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Worship With Us

At Home with the Childers

When Alzheimer’s, Cancer & COVID Comes Home

How to Teach a Child to Pray

Shepherd’s Gate Serves the Community

What’s In A Name?

What Does It Mean To Fear God?

Don’t Go To Church

Who Is In Control?

The Church, Race, & Jesus

Showing Up

What Does It Mean To Be Strong?

When Will Normal Show Up?

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

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