If you are new to the study, grab your reading guide for 1 John here : here! We would love for you to join us as we study 1 John together!   Reading: 1 John 2:7-11 a new, old commandment My husband recently learned that in the state of Tennessee, if your car front tires […]

Last summer my husband and I made homemade ice-cream using our ice cream maker. Homemade ice-cream is one of our favorite summer traditions! There’s nothing like listening to it spin and work for hours before the milk and sugar becomes a solid. It’s a slow process of watching it churn and circle and adding rock […]

“The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.” ~1 Peter 4:7-9 Peter connects two integral aspects of the Christian life in this text: […]

“…When Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” ~John 13:1b As Holy Week begins, my heart has been wrestling to grasp Jesus’ unending love. A love that wasn’t just words, but […]

heart check I just finished a book called Life Is Mostly Edges by Calvin Miller, a pastor and author from Nebraska. After reading this book, I not only feel like Calvin is one of my dear friends and mentors, but I also feel like I have an even better understanding of what love for Jesus […]

I met my future husband in a way I could have never dreamed up or imagined. I met him at middle school camp. However, we weren’t in our awkward middle school years, it was just two years ago in 2012. I left my family and friends to move to Tennessee and intern at Long Hollow […]