Self-Care in Unsettled Times
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” 1 Peter 5:9 As a counselor, I’m always on the lookout for how my clients have been impacted by trauma. Trauma, in its most […]
Preaching as a Team: An Overview of Faith’s Preaching Ministry
At Faith we are passionate about creating a preaching ministry that awakens, convicts, sanctifies and encourages God’s people. The Bible doesn’t give any clear instruction about whether preaching should be done as a team, but the basic pattern of ministry in the New Testament is ministry done in community. So our general conviction is that […]
Paint to the Music: A Community Collaboration in Art
I don’t think I really enjoyed collaborating in art until I had children. Children are innately artistic and creative, and I loved partnering with my boys to create and play and make. It was a mess, but there was such life in those times. This love of creative collaboration continues and has expanded during my […]
COVID State University: Praying for God’s Grace on Campus
I remember my freshman move-in day, August 1995, at the University of Colorado. The previous evening, I had split up with my high school girlfriend. I was trying to navigate a new normal away from home. I was emotionally exhausted from the shock of all this change happening in my life, and I was physically […]
Sewing Blessings: How Faith’s Sewing Group Is Making an Impact
Ever since I was a girl, I have loved to create with fabric and yarn. Crafting, sewing and decorating are creative and fun, but what makes it more satisfying is when it’s also useful – a blessing to family, friends and even people we don’t know. That is the bedrock of Faith’s Women’s Sewing Group; […]
10 Ways a Small Group Can Change Your Life
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25). When my husband and I first considered joining a small group a few […]
Corporate Worship as Formation
Rhythm in music is the use of patterns that shape sound in a song and frame the way the content of the song is experienced. Rhythm in life is the use of patterns to shape who we are and what we become. The practices that we return to daily, weekly, annually, are rhythms that play […]
Christ and Community: The Secret to Living a Countercultural Life
Serving as our College Ministry Director and leading in our Young Adult connection group at Faith affords me the wonderful opportunity to meet and interact with the next generation of faithful believers in our church. In this blog, it is my privilege to share the passion and authenticity of one of our faithful young adults […]
Podcasts to Pass the Pandemic
As the pandemic presses on, people continue to find themselves with time on their hands, be it from self-isolating or simply due to canceled summer plans. Time seems to move slowly in 2020. A great way to pass the time is by listening to a podcast or two. There are thousands of podcasts available today […]
Journey Project Update
Over the past several years, Faith leadership has considered what the Lord would have us do to be better positioned for future ministry. We considered raising funds to expand our foyer, we contemplated whether to sell or give away the property to our south and we looked at how to pay down our mortgage debt. […]