When reflecting on words to describe 2018, joy does not make the top of my list. Instead my mind floods with a list of “t” words like trying, tempestuous, transitional, and just plain tough. A friend messaged me earlier this week to say “Happy New Year” and finished her message by saying “May 2019 be Read more

As we have moved into advent, we look toward the celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas and the coming of the new year. We see the light around us, and catch peeks of the holly and jolly. That does not mean the rest of our year will be void of the other emotions Read more

This post is based on teaching by our sister Amber Slevin of River City Downtown at the Women’s Weekend retreat. Most of the language comes directly from her talk and has been reworked to fit a blog post. Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 welcomed us to see life’s array of seasons. From this we spent time looking to Read more

Friday evening we gathered near one another around the piano in the Stordahl home to proclaim together “Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!” Joining our voices in song, we praised the God who changes not, whose compassion fails not throughout the seasons. Summer, winter, springtime, and harvest invite us to see God’s great faithfulness, Read more