Powerless Fig Leaves
This week Laura Lindeman shares with us her reflections spurred from Renée’s recent teaching on “Nonviolent Atonement”. –Melissa Logsdon, NCF Associate Pastor I have always had trouble parsing the violence
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Is $1000 a lot, or a little, for a kid’s education savings account? Is $20,000 a lot, or a little, for a small, independent church? The Reparations Pilot Project has created
Read MoreRelationships: Forgiveness
Continuing his series on Relationships, Ron Simkins shares about forgiveness. May we receive more, extend more, and grow more in forgiveness. -Renée Antrosio, NCF Pastor NO RELATIONSHIP GROWS WITHOUT FORGIVENESSIt is amazing
Read MoreA Doorway into Prayer
Hello NCF family and friends! I have a personal prayer update to share with you. After a week of increased pain around my port, heart palpitations, chest pain and shortness
Read Morequarks, the strong force, and freedom
Physics, mathematics, and astronomy. Not my usual subjects, and not how I would expect someone to find God. Michael Guillen arrived at Christianity by another approach, through science. In Believing
Read MoreYou Can’t Go Back
“There’s no going back.” “It’s never the same again.” Have you ever realized that? Have you ever fought against this idea? With every ounce of your being? Have you ever
Read MoreListening for Right Relationships
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
Read MoreBreath Prayer
I 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,
Read MoreCovenant Loving for Right Relationships
Of 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
Read MoreNothing to Fear
As 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
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