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One of the things that we highly value is listening to one another's stories. In particular, we love to hear about how people are encountering Jesus in their day-to-day lives. This might be in big ways...but it also happens most often in smaller ways (sometimes in ways that are really easy to miss.)

On this page you will find a treasure trove of such stories! May your own walk with Jesus be deeply encouraged and nourished by what you read here.

If you are interested in sharing some of your story here, please email us to let us know!

Keith Ferrin

Jun 112 min read

Father's Day 2024

Father’s Day is…well…only days away. I’m feeling both ends of the “fatherhood emotional spectrum” this year. My relationship with my dad...

Linda Cech

Jun 43 min read

In Time for the Crisis

In my prior blog, I described how God took care of me in Ohio, a place I reluctantly moved to. I had cried when I landed at the Ohio...

Bob Witty

May 303 min read

For Good

A couple weeks ago, we visited my family in Denmark. As part of the visit, we rented a beach house for a week on the far western coast...

Luanne Clark

May 243 min read

One On One

I had an on and off relationship with God throughout my childhood, teen and young adult years. I attended Sunday school, completed a...

Jani James

May 173 min read

Mary and Martha Moment

It started with a fiesta del dia de la madre ( Mother’s Day Party) on Saturday night. The women of Iglesia Creekside were celebrating...

Linda Cech

May 103 min read

Two by Four

Has God ever hit you over the head with a two by four to get your attention? Well, that’s what happened on the day my daughter was born...

Keith Ferrin

May 11 min read

Happy 25th Birthday Creekside!

It was late in the spring of 1999. I was talking with Doug Olson, the pastor of Hope Covenant Church where I had been the youth pastor....

Jani James

Apr 263 min read

By Chance

Kent and I spent 15 years of our lives and our children’s lives building a manufacturing business. That business resulted in part from a...

Tom Lash

Apr 173 min read

The Rock

Wichita, Kansas, 1959. My family lived at 1533 Wyoming Street in a typical single-story house with a basement. You could turn north,...

Courtney Hjelmervik

Apr 103 min read

Cartwheel

Easter is an exciting day in our house. Honestly though, pretty much every day is an exciting day in our house as I’m sure most of you...

Bob Witty

Apr 33 min read

Whisper

When Elijah was fleeing from Jezebel, the Lord appeared to him followed by a powerful wind that tore down mountains and shattered rocks. ...

Jani James

Mar 293 min read

Easter Past

Easter sunrise services were in vogue in California in the 1970s. Kent and I led worship at a sunrise service at a beach park one chill,...

Jani James

Mar 223 min read

It's Not Good for the Woman to be Alone

I returned from Washington DC on a Tuesday night with great expectations. My calendar was filled with things I love - a houseful of...

Abigail Welborn

Mar 142 min read

Whence* Comes Your Wisdom?

However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel. If you do...

Bob Witty

Mar 73 min read

Mortality

Every year our family goes to Leavenworth in January for a snow weekend. We always book four two-bedroom units through Worldmark. We...

Beth Soderlund

Feb 292 min read

Discerning God's Voice

I once heard God’s audible voice. It was not words so much as a thought that did not originate in myself. It was absolutely counter to...

Tim Anderson

Feb 228 min read

Does Scripture Matter?

We face challenges and we’ve been given eternity with God. So the victory is won, but we still feel the weight of sin and brokenness in...

Keith Ferrin

Feb 152 min read

More Than I Could Ask or Imagine

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be...

Courtney Hjelmervik

Feb 83 min read

Keep Listening

Sunday mornings are often a bit rough here in the Hjelmervik household. A leisurely morning quickly turns into chaos due to running late,...

Bob Witty

Feb 24 min read

The Exit

I was minding my own business on the golf course in Palm Springs, when I received a phone call from Craig Peterson. Now, everyone knows...