A Note From Mandy Gunter

I once heard it said that you look most like Jesus when you forgive and you look most like the Father when you adopt. Whether that statement is completely true or not, there are obvious parallels [...]

Week 7: Fasting from Sleep April 6th – April 12th Week 7 involves a fast from sleep. You are neither expected nor encouraged to abstain from sleep for the entire week! However, the hope is that [...]

Week 6: Fasting from Shopping for Non-Essentials March 30th – April 5th Entering into our sixth week of Lent, we are encouraging our faith family to fast from Shopping for Non-Essentials. Many of [...]

Week 5: Fasting from Podcasts and Music March 23rd – March 29th The high goal of Lent is to align our hearts to God’s with a laser-like focus. This is not an easy task in a world where [...]

Week 4: Fasting from Sweets and Caffeine March 16th – March 22nd   In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus laid out the path to deeper spiritual formation that the church has historically used [...]

Week 3:  Social Networking and Internet March 9th – March 15th   This week’s focus is social networking and non-essential internet usage. Here are a few thoughts from Kevin DeYoung on why a [...]

Week Two: Fasting from Television and Movies March 2th – March 8th Lent continues as we move forward with a new focus; the subject of this week’s fast is television and movies. Pope Francis said, [...]

As we begin the season of Lent, we encourage you to join us in weekly fasts and focused prayers. J.R. Vassar says, “Fasting is a way to take a break from lesser things that have hijacked our [...]

Joy of Anticipation God of majesty and power Who spoke and this world was Who breathed and this world lived Who counts the hairs upon our head Who sees our thoughts and reads our hearts Who loves [...]

Longing for Love Restore us, O Lord, we pray, bring us back to that place where we once met, as shepherds to the stable after hearing angels sing. Bring us back to that place when our love was [...]