I call you Friends
I have been thinking about the role of “friend” these past weeks as our cribbage friendship group morphed into an end-of-life care group. None of us anticipated this shift, though
Read MoreA Sterling Vessel
A few weeks ago I read this proverb: “If you burn away the impurities from silver, a sterling vessel will emerge from the fire.” (Proverbs 25:4 TPT) Hmm…a sterling vessel.
Read Morewhen waking
How do your mornings begin? For much of our American lives, the alarm clock governs the beginning of each day, sounding the rush to get to work on time, get
Read MoreWhere to Focus
Pursuing happiness doesn’t make us happier. Trying not to worry rarely gives us peace. Below, Ron Simkins refocuses us on why we are praying for more of the Holy Spirit.
Read More50 Years of NCF
Marty Shupack served as pastor of New Covenant in its inaugural years and continues to participate in our fellowship spread around the world. Below he introduces the importance of celebrating what God has
Read MoreA hand to hold
“And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown.’ And he replied, ‘Go out
Read MoreGod’s Chosen Strangers
This week’s blog is a condensed version of a teaching, based off of 1 Peter 1, that Anna Poeht recently gave as a guest speaker at Ravenswood UMC (Chicago). Talking
Read MoreMy Corner with Jesus
This past Sunday Virginia Wiley shared with us how Jesus has been and continues to be her home. Below is her retelling of returning to this home: “Now I see
Read MoreIn For the Long Run? #5
In his 5th and final installment of In For The Long Run, Ron Simkins encourages us through the story of penicillin to “keep on keeping on” even when it looks like nothing
Read Moreexhorting our neighbors
I don’t think of myself as a public speaker. My body sweats, my throat goes dry, my legs get wobbly. I skip over whole paragraphs, accelerating to the end to
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