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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!

Jani James

Sep 1, 20223 min read

Tides of Life

He has made everything appropriate in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11a NASB We stayed for a week on Whidbey Island, beach-combing, building...

Steve Colwell

Aug 24, 20223 min read

Amazing Universe - Accident or Design?

Did you see the photos from the James Webb Space Telescope that was sent into space recently? The Webb is the most powerful telescope...

Daniel Starr

Aug 18, 20223 min read

A Lifeline of Fear

Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. (Joshua 24:14 NIV) I am a big fan of the Lord of the Rings series, and for the...

Bob Witty

Aug 9, 20223 min read

Second Chances

My life is full of second chances. Some are huge, life-changing events. But most are small and often imperceptible. As a boy, I had a...

Abigail Welborn

Aug 3, 20223 min read

Wake up, oh Sleeper

In July, I enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime writing retreat/workshop, led by my favorite author in a Scottish castle. The extrovert in me got...

Miel Formantes

Jul 27, 20222 min read

Storing Up

As soon as Seattle gets summer…then the back-to-school fliers seem to appear. Target, Old Navy—even Anthropologie has their fall décor on...

Jani James

Jul 19, 20223 min read

Cruise Control

I love to drive and there’s nothing I enjoy so much as a road trip. In fall 2021, an injury threatened my driving enthusiasm. I first...

Courtney Hjelmervik

Jul 13, 20223 min read

From the Mouths of Baby Dragons

“Why didn’t Jesus just say things normally? I mean if He really wanted people to know about Him, why not just say it?” “If we think our...

Bob Witty

Jul 7, 20223 min read

Beyond Imagining

We have a fixed week timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, Monday to Monday. It's almost always the second week in April and over spring break....

Steve Colwell

Jun 29, 20223 min read

Angels' Tears

Hopes and dreams are left to die Children scream, and wonder why While angels’ tears fall like rain Trying to wash away the pain My heart...

Nicole Starr

Jun 22, 20223 min read

The Long Wait

I calmly waited behind over 1,200 people in queue online to schedule Thea to get her first COVID-19 vaccine. It took an hour to watch the...

Miel Formantes

Jun 15, 20222 min read

Identity vs. Role Confusion

I love when lessons in my professional life and my spiritual life overlap! It is just another example of where God chooses to meet me in...

Jani James

Jun 9, 20223 min read

Prayer Planes

It started with a pile of 11 x 17 inch copy paper and a box of craft stamps. We were watching the boys for four days and our daughter...

Bob Witty

May 24, 20224 min read

Aha Moments

The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with...

Steve Colwell

May 18, 20223 min read

A Partnership

“ . . . on earth as it is in heaven.” How many times have you and I recited The Lord’s Prayer? Many of us have known it by heart since...

Courtney Hjelmervik

May 11, 20223 min read

Working for the Lord

Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his...

Daniel Starr

May 4, 20223 min read

Making a Hard Choice

There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. - 1 Cor. 12:6 NIV In just over three...

Miel Formantes

Apr 27, 20222 min read

Let The Rain Fall

Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. ...

Abigail Welborn

Apr 20, 20223 min read

Gifts of the Spirit

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter...

Jani James

Apr 13, 20223 min read

Howard The Hero

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man...