By Marcia Bohlke Shereen asked me to share one or two ways God has awakened my faith in the past few years. Without getting into the details, I will share that in the past few years my heart has known trauma, betrayal, abuse, grief and loss. I tell you that because it is perhaps easy …
Gracious and Merciful God
By Carey Helmink The last time we were together, I was anticipating my daughter’s wedding. Today finds us on the other side of that wonderful celebration. So many special memories from that event. A couple of days before the wedding, I said to my daughter, “Let’s just assume that things will not go as planned, …
What Does your Soul Need?
By Carey Helmink As we begin the new year together, you might be expecting a round of rousing worship. But as usual, you all are at the mercy of what I need – where I am in this moment of my life. 😊 I work a couple of different part time jobs. I am here …
Classes Start Next Week
Happy 2020! It's time for a new year, new decade, new goals. If your goals include bible study, then we hope you'll join us at an Equip Her women's bible study this year. Whether your schedule works best for a Sunday morning, Tuesday morning or Wednesday night, all classes start next week. Below is a …
A Savior is Born
This week's throw-back comes from a post I wrote in 2014. Take a minute to reflect on our gift of a Savior this Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas! A cross forms the backdrop for my nativity scene downstairs. There’s a reason for that. I don’t know about you, but I need a visual reminder—not just once, …
Jesus Is God
For our third week of Advent, we throw back to 2014 and this post by Shereen which rings as true today as it did then. It comes up too often to ignore, to push aside and move on. Whether lingering over warm cups in my favorite coffee shop, sitting face-to-face at the kitchen table, or …
Mary’s Song
For our Advent series this year, we are drawing on some favorites from the past. Today's blog was written by Renee Meyer in 2016 for our series called The Songs of Christmas. I know you will enjoy reading it again as much as I did. As protestant believers, we don’t spend a lot of time …
Lessons in Gratitude
By Carey Helmink Well friends, the holidays are fast approaching once again. I don’t know why I am always shocked when this time of the year occurs again. We KNOW it’s coming – every year – but the older I get, the faster it comes it would seem. 😊 Of course, the subject of gratitude …
Taking Every Thought Captive
By Carey Helmink As you know, my purpose in spending these moments with you every few weeks is to drag you into whatever I’m learning. If you have been around me long enough, you should be aware of some of my “issues” by now because they just keep coming up. I am apparently a very …
This I Know
By Carey Helmink This past Saturday I experienced the joy of spending the day dress shopping with my daughter. Not just any dress, mind you, but THE DRESS. We were just getting started with our first appointment when I got a text from my dear friend Patti, saying that her son-in-law had just passed away. …
