. I've been in a jury pool for District Court for the past 3 years straight. Every few months, I've gotten a summons to report for jury duty, but have either not been chosen or the case was settled out of court. Then on January 27th, I was called to appear for a murder trial. …
Awaken Your Heart
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, …
Focus 2020
The question we’ve been asking as we plan for this year is, “how do we equip women to live wide awake to the gospel in 2020?” First, lets be clear about what I mean when I use the word gospel. Simply stated, it's "good news," but I'm talking about a particular, amazingly good bit of …
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 …
Awaken to His Coming
This is a great time of year to talk about AWAKENING! We’re celebrating the greatest wake-up call in the history of everything. Here's how it's described in Matthew 4 as quoted from Isaiah's prophesy: “The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and …
