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Carryn Osborn | “God has shown me that motherhood is not one size fits all. I didn’t have to wait around to get married and have biological children or take on long-term foster placements to be a mother, instead, I could be a loving mother figure in the lives of countless kids in my community today. “

Josh Clark | “It was there, standing on once-discarded land, that I saw a more compelling version of paradise. Not a place without brokenness, but a place where brokenness has been redeemed.”

Drake Holderman | “But He’s there. He’s waiting. He’s ready. And there is nothing He wants more than for His children to come home.”

Raina Songer | “Hope in Jesus becomes more than a belief—it becomes a desire to truly know Him, and a growing awareness that He is the treasure we’ve been searching for all along.”

Maggie Schade | “You don’t end up having a 2 hour supervised visit with your child because your life is rainbows and butterflies. You find yourself there because the opposite is true. The stories are messy, the situations are complex, but the thing they all have in common is the brokenness that marks them.”

Todd Owen | “Though we desire relief from the symptoms of our disobedience, the Lord deals with the cause.”

Cindy Cutler | “It is a great comfort to know God is a God of grace and, true to His Word, we can live our lives anchored and dependent on His promises to us.”

Brad Warren | “And if I wake up tomorrow not feeling alone, praise Jesus. But regardless, whatever test comes next, he will be ready for me, having suffered it, having endured it, having overcome it, to say, “I got through this, and I’m gonna sit with you until you get through it, too.”

Emilee Mitchell | “My best efforts at becoming a better me pale in comparison to the richness of the life that God offers when I keep in step with the Spirit.”

Stephanie Clarke | “We gather because building this legacy of faith demands that praise to God be our sacrifice and prayer to God be our chief work.”

Jessica Scheuermann | “God designed his Body, the Church, so that our individual needs are met, the community flourishes, and he is glorified.”

Dan Toney | “God never wears out and he understands what we are going through. He wants us to throw our burdens on His shoulders.”

Dennis Hounshell | “Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. My sincere hope is that when we experience grief, we will remember the One who has overcome it all and remember that He is with us through it all.”

Sam Martin | “There are many differences, but much of the time I am doing the same things many of you are doing because we are living for the same God and following his word that transcends culture, time, and place.”

Darrin King | “⁣God is unchanging, and yet He is always beginning in His love toward us.”

Ruthie Bond | “⁣Even when my journey brings me to a valley where death’s sting lingers, I won’t be overcome, because You are with me. Your hand is steady and Your heart is tender. Your love has always repurposed broken things.”

Amy Storms | “Celebrating God’s goodness shifts and lifts our focus from the here and now to his everlasting love.”

Ethan Greer | “We’re back now. The church is still there. Church planters are still there. The harvest is still plentiful. The workers are still few. The need is still great. And it is all still fueled by your prayers.”

Tyler Bade | “Christians are also a people of surrender, which is the beautiful dance that the gospel of the Kingdom of God presents to us – we fight best when we surrender; we work hardest when we let go.”

Allison Stump | “Whatever season you are facing now, you will never regret learning and growing closer to God while you are in it.”