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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!

Joshua Soderlund

6 days ago4 min read

All In His Plan

Summer 2024 - there was amazing spiritual stuff going on in my life! For one, I got baptized in the Tolt River at Tolt MacDonald Park in...

Angelina Wainhouse

Oct 303 min read

The Staple

Growing up in the Pentecostal church, Tuesday night prayer meetings were a church-wide staple the whole family attended. We usually...

Bob Witty

Oct 173 min read

I Was Right Part 2

On our tour of the New England fall colors, we stopped at the Green Mountain Girls Farm. It was a second career for a couple of middle...

Bob Witty

Oct 103 min read

I Was Right!

Carol and I were on a nice tour of the New England fall colors. One stop was the Green Mountain Girls Farm. It was a small (20 acres),...

Swetha Chakravarthy

Sep 263 min read

By Grace and Miracles

I grew up in a Christian home in the city of Hyderabad in the southern part of India. My parents were part of the 7th Day Adventist...

Chris Stevens

Sep 183 min read

Just Do It, Or Not

I love summer! Either as a student, teacher, parent, or grandparent, I have lived by the school calendar my entire life. I love the...

Jani James

Sep 123 min read

Vehicles of Love

On my August trip to Washington DC, I was responsible for driving my 5-year old grandson to rock-climbing camp Monday through Friday. My...

Bob Witty

Sep 33 min read

Swiss Family Robinson

For a number of years Carol and I have hosted a Young Adult Summer BBQ. It is an annual event attended by many who were young adults...

Bob Witty

Aug 23 min read

The Power of Little Things

For most of my life, I’ve thought of myself as smaller and shorter than others. It didn’t matter what I actually weighed or what my...

Abigail Welborn

Jul 123 min read

From Fear to Faith

Have you felt afraid recently? I know I have. Climate change, abortion, immigration, gun control—no matter what you care about, one or...

Courtney Hjelmervik

Jul 53 min read

Camp Days

The Hjelmerviks hit a milestone this week as our two oldest went to their first overnight summer camp, and oh what a JOY it was for them!...

A SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY LIKE NO OTHER!

Angelina Wainhouse

Jun 273 min read

A SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY LIKE NO OTHER!

When you're a parent of a child who's preceded you to heaven, milestone events are challenging. We had one of those milestone events...

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...

Creekside

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...