By Guest Author | Brittany Hoyt: Over the last few years, I’ve come to realize there are things I was never meant to carry. Health issues, fear, anxiety, kids, struggling family members, and life transitions can feel so heavy. ...

By Pastor Nikki Bailey: You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of Joy. - Psalm 63:5 A new year is a great time to reflect and dream of what is to come. We often say, the best is yet to come, but what does that truly mean?...

By Guest Author: Heather Hamilton: Happy New Year, friends I don’t know about you, but I love the start of each year. It is a clear marking of a fresh start, a new beginning. It offers us hope for all that God will do in the upcoming year. Many of us start the year with great intentions. ...

By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: Matthew 25:31-46 reveals a sobering truth. Jesus is coming back one day, and He will be coming back for those that have truly served Him. ...

By Whitney Bailey: I’m a fraud. Do I have your attention? In the circles and groups of people I find myself, claiming to be a sinner saved by grace is an easy tagline, one we all assume, claim, and project with even some of our victory laced throughout like we actually did any of the work to arrive in that grace-filled place....

By Rachael Wynne: The beginning of the year is often spent with great intentions and many lofty goals for bettering ourselves for the year. We feel so inspired by the opportunity of a fresh start in a new year. ...

By Pastor Aaron Kennedy: In this past season of intentionally slowing down, I feel like a student being taught and rewired. So often, I think I have used the business of ministry as an escape. Being about what I thought was His business....

By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: The start of a New Year is viewed differently by everyone. Personally, I welcome the fresh feeling of a new beginning. I’m all on board with making resolutions or setting goals, all the motivational things! ...

By Steve Miller: The Christmas season can be a whirlwind of excitement. We eagerly anticipate the celebration, enjoying every moment of the build-up. But once it's over, a strange quiet can settle in. It's easy to feel a little let-down, like the magic has disappeared. ...

By Pastor Mike Adkins: Luke 2:25-38 shines a light on two people that often go unmentioned in biblical history, Simeon and the Prophetess Anna. Both experienced an incredible moment of meeting the Lord Jesus as an infant seemingly near the end of their lives. ...

By Whitney Bailey: When we think of something being on fire, peace probably isn’t in the top three bullet points we are processing. In our physical world, fire represents destruction initially and then sirens coming to aid. Biblically, we have heard the stories of the fiery furnace and the Holy Spirit representing fire, a fire burning deep in our souls....

By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: Where is the joy in the middle of the night soothing a crying child? Where is the joy when sudden loss invades your life? Where is the joy when relationships fail? Where is the joy when paying bills is a struggle? Is it enough to be thankful? Will that bring the joy back inside your heart?...

By Jake Haggard: Joy is a word that gets thrown around a lot during the holiday season; but for some reason, it seems like something we struggle with. Whether it is the hardships of life or mere business, joy is increasingly escaping from people's daily lives. ...

By Pastor Scott Conner: “then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:”...

By Joy Kimbril: The last two months have been a little crazy in my life, from multiple projects at work all at once, to totaling my car from rear-ending someone, to celebrating my sister’s wedding, to burying my grandmother....