by Jennifer Gerelds | Jun 19, 2020 | Churches Blog
The woman on the other end of the line was quiet. Toni waited patiently, unbothered by the silence. She knew the question she had asked was hard for her new friend. It is never easy to share the deepest, darkest, secrets of the soul, especially when they are...
by Greg Austen | May 4, 2020 | Churches Blog
“Spirituality wrongly understood or pursued is a major source ofhuman misery and rebellion against God.”[1]Dallas Willard Last year, God gave me the fire to complete a book””and a handbook for discipleship of sorts with questions for small...
by Susan Roberts | Aug 30, 2018 | Abundant Life Blog
In a recent interview on BBC, Melissa Ohden shared her story of how her life was meant to be ended shortly after it had begun. Her mother had a saline abortion, meant to end Melissa’s life in the womb so she could be delivered stillborn. But she survived. A...
by Melissa Kruger | Jan 5, 2017 | Abundant Life Blog
The following article first appeared in Table Talk. It is reprinted with permission.Tears filled her eyes as she told me her story: an older boyfriend, pressure to have sex, pregnant at fourteen, and an abortion to cover the shame. Even though she’d been raised...