By Katie Kafka I love a good adventure. It often involves excitement, intrigue, unusual places, sweat and challenges. It is a journey to personal growth. Adventure can happen in community with others, or it can be a solo act. I love that it is an experience nobody can take away from you. Adventures give you …
Unfathomable God
by Carey Helmink I am guessing that most of you know the story of Job – if you are unfamiliar with it, it is an amazing read! After 37 chapters of questions about suffering and tons of misguided advice from Job’s “friends,” God himself takes the stand. Here is just a portion of what He …
Does it Make any Difference?
Here we are between sessions and many of you have had time to think about the video and go a little deeper with the exercises in your workbook. If you are like me, you need a little time to ruminate on what you've been learning. My best time for ruminating usually comes during my morning …
The Author of our Story
I love hearing how our Equip Her classes have had an impact on the women who attend them. At our end-of-the-year Cele-Brunch several of you shared with us what you had learned this semester. Here's what Kayla Sperling had to say. In the Ruth class, besides studying the story of Ruth and Naomi, we also …
Why Do We Pray Together?
The simplest answer I have for that is, "I pray because Jesus prayed". That wasn’t always my answer. When I was a child I would have said, “I pray because I’ll get a stomachache if I don’t pray before I eat.” (Not the kind of parenting I would recommend, by the way). Later on, “I …