I grew up in a rural area in Missouri that was 18 miles outside of town. I had an older brother and have a sister, plus a twin brother. I lived a very sheltered life as a child. I was only around family, church, and school. I grew up thinking there were no bad people…
Wes Woodell I grew up in a Christian household. My dad was a preacher; my mom was a church secretary. My family attended church every single time there was a meeting or event, and I was taken along with them throughout my childhood. My parents didn’t know it, but at a very young age –…
June Benderman “I can do all things through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 When I think back to all that has been generously given to me and my family, God’s power amazes me. John and I don’t have a lot of material possessions, but we do have a story of an amazing God!…
Devin Durbin From a young age we are taught to fit into certain molds. Expectations are placed upon us, however intentional or unintentional. Sometimes, these expectations come from ourselves and are self-inflicted. They’re born from an image of self that has been fractured and distorted by this broken world that we live in. Growing up…
Maggie Elmy “Jesus said to her, everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 I…
