Last fall my granddaughter, a junior in high school in Michigan, learned of a state program named Michigan Youth Challenge that was very appealing to her. It is a 19-week intensive program, much like Army Boot Camp, for males and females...
Last Friday evening, my husband and I were about to put our daughters to bed when I decided to give our two 7-month-old brown French bulldog puppies each a new Nylabone. They started excitedly chewing on them. When I checked in a few minutes to...
After our second daughter was born, we, as a couple, felt a desire to begin attending church so that our two young girls would have the opportunity to learn about Jesus. Because our home is located quite close to The Fellowship, we drove...
A strangled sob interrupted my concentration. Recently graduated from a southern university, I sat at my desk in New York City that November morning struggling with the layout of our company’s weekly newsletter. Startled, I swiveled...
Only a gracious God can orchestrate a story like mine. Before I was even conceived, God already knew my story and what I would need. The story begins in 2006 when out of nowhere, I started having debilitating headaches. My doctor...
I was born in the Philippines. Shortly after, my father made his way to the United States, joined the Navy, and our family moved to Japan. Because we relocated innumerable times, it was difficult to develop relationships. Socially, I was...
More than a decade ago, a sermon series entitled AWAKE enlightened our church about the forces of evil operating in our communities. The sermons challenged us to ask God what we could do to make a difference. One of these evils is...
The opportunity to participate in ServeFest each year has The Fellowship’s congregation spreading out like an army to be the hands and feet of Christ to our greater community. It is the one Sunday each year where worship services are...
Cancer, the horrible "C" word, can come with devastating news, terrifying thoughts, and complicated procedures. But God, who answers prayer, is bigger and mightier than all of these things! In the longest ten days of my...
Since 1977, I have had a long history of chronic pain, spinal surgeries, fusions, injections, and nerve ablations. On top of that, I was diagnosed with Osteoporosis about 20 years ago and have Osteoarthritis. After years of spinal...
