Mar 13, 2018 | Community Life
Sometimes to encourage our efforts in friendship, we need real examples of women who are cultivating deep, life-long relationships with one another. Author, Melanie Shankle, celebrates her twenty-five-year friendship with her best friend Gulley in her memoir: Nobody’s...
Feb 22, 2018 | Community Life
I find a lot of joy in hosting baby showers, galentine’s, birthdays, or “just because we feel like it get-togethers”– I am always dreaming up a new party idea. But with the grand visions come grand budgets that aren’t always feasible. We love the fun...
Feb 3, 2018 | Community Life
February is here and so are the opportunities to spread some creative Valentines for our family, neighbors and friends. I have always been a bit cheesy so all the pink, candy hearts, and flowers make this girl happy. Not just because I have a Valentine, but because I...
Jan 24, 2018 | Community Life
Even though we want to hibernate in our homes during the colder months, we need to continue to find ways to connect! Here’s five creative, inexpensive, and fun friend dates to try until the warmer months come. Thrifty and Nifty I am a newb to thrifting but some...
Jan 19, 2018 | Community Life
You’ve invited folks over for an evening to reconnect and share a good meal. Before your friends arrive, you are finishing up dinner details, cleaning up the house and selecting the party music. Creating an environment that feels thoughtful, inviting and nourishing is...
Jan 14, 2018 | Community Life
Usually I am writing about building my relationships with friends, but my community also extends to the two people who live inside my home—the ones that truly have to “do life” with me. Perhaps, nurturing these relationships are the most important! Being a first-time...
Jan 10, 2018 | Community Life
My husband and I share the spiritual gift of hospitality. We love hosting and serving our community by creating a secondary home of belonging, grace, truth and God’s love. Yet, we also feel called to serve the community at large. And so we thought, how could we...
Jan 2, 2018 | Community Life
The foundation for healthy community is a consistent practice of reading and studying God’s Word. As a life-long journal user, I am constantly looking for new products to keep my bible study and my journaling fresh (sometimes we need to switch things up so our...
Jan 1, 2018 | Community Life
Nothing ever happens by chance and community is no exception. It’s a new year and there are new opportunities to be intentional with your community. Want to see your friendships flourish this year? Want to finally step out of your comfort zone and get vulnerable...
Nov 30, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. ‘This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. Psalm 132: 13-14 Those who trust in the Lord are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. As the...
Nov 27, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
…who are we kidding? I cannot get all spiritual with a word that relates to the letter X. So, instead enjoy this cute picture of a puppy. It will make you feel just as good, if not better, as an inspired blog post #rootedcommunity #puppiesmakelifebetter
Nov 27, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 At the end of every service at our church, the pastor...
