collections of stories
We will hear it a lot in the next few days…2020 was a hard year. And it was. 2020 will be forever marked with some terrible statistics which (tragically) are a neighbor’s personal story and some of us are gone too soon. If we fail to acknowledge that to us what might be a twisted [...]
The other day Brandon and I went to a coffee shop and just left space to be able to dream. It was absolute perfection to me. It's what I did all the time when I was single. We ventured out on a rainy day, to our favorite local coffee shop on the river, and I [...]
I don’t think we know what our deposits do on this side of heaven. What I do know is that today, something is different. Due to Olivia’s willingness, excitement and courage about what her Redeemer has done in her life more could have crossed the line of heavens gates. Prodigal sons and daughters could [...]
Since the beginning, some of my most obedient steps (not all, but most) have been to stay put. Off hand, that feels boring and like a cop out. Maybe staying even feels like disobedience because we always talk about following God into the unknown. Trust me, I know. But we don’t [...]
The Celeste Elizabeth 