Thank you for your prayers for Ron’s surgery. Overall things went well and the surgeon was pleased and optimistic about the longterm outlook. Please pray for complete recovery and healing. He and his family are grateful for all your prayers. -Renée Good Listening for Right RelationshipsI am finding it quite challenging to think about what growing in
Read MoreI wasn’t looking for a new way to pray. I was searching for a new way to be. The old ways- routines and ruts- were no longer working. My body, my spirit, my emotions were all telling me (loudly) that I needed to listen and attend. In my own way, like the ancient men and
Read MoreOf all the lessons from Steve and I’s two years of theological training, the lesson on the Hebrew word chesed has always remained. We kind of laugh when we hear it, because it was SO frequently repeated in our training. But really the meaning of this word is so important to understand, I can see
Read MoreAs a kid in Montana, camping was fun. With my sister and best friend in the forest behind our house, Peanuts the faithful collie kept us “safe” from yipping coyotes. The best was when the worship leaders took our youth group to their hunting and fishing camps before high-end clients arrived, leading us up on horseback into
Read MoreIf you like to read, but your stack of “to read” is about to topple over OR you really can’t get through a book these days, but want to be in the know, then this book review is for you! Carolyn Vance, NCF Librarian, provides us with a detailed review of the book “White Too
Read MoreThis week’s Blog contribution comes from Judson Chubbuck. Part of the lyrics of his song say, “but eyes of faith, can perceive, That through our lives this thread can weave, Garments of love and unity.” What a great recap of what Jeff Trask referenced in his teaching this past Sunday: the disciples coming together in
Read MoreAnd God SAID, “Let there be light”, and there was light. Genesis 1:3 God spoke things into existence 11 times in Genesis chapter 1: the heavens, the earth, day, night, vegetation, animals, us, and more. I highlight this process of speaking things into existence because I want to encourage us that while speaking something up
Read MoreThank you to Vern Fein for finding this poem, “Descending Theology: The Garden” by Mary Karr. As you read this poem and reflect, know that Jesus relates to our struggles, knows our pain. May you feel the deep love of Jesus for you this week, and always! –Melissa Logsdon, NCF Associate Pastor “My soul is
Read MoreUsually when I read through Exodus, I’m whisked off into the drama playing out on the stage between Moses and Pharaoh, and all the Plagues, and all the drama of the Exodus story. For the first time, on my recent reading of Exodus, I noticed the backstage pass we get to the very personal and
Read MoreSo much of scripture refers to the glory of God. And therefore, so many books and blogs have been written trying to explain the glory of God in a way we can grasp. I am NOT going to try to explain what many continue to try to explain. There is so much of God that
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