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Marsha Whitford | “⁣The first time I ever remember getting a Christmas present, I was about 8 years old. I’m not entirely sure of the ‘who’ or ‘how’ but people showed up at our door with gifts for me and my eight siblings and boxes of food, including a turkey for dinner…”

Amy Storms | “What if rest is less about my busyness and more about my belovedness? I can rest, not because I’ve finished all my tasks, checked everything off my list, and finally have nothing left to do. That day will never come. Instead, I can rest because Jesus offers it.⁣”

KaLisa Veer | “Yet in a whisper, careful not to be heard by the enemy’s supporters, Mr. Beaver utters to the Pevensie children, “They say Aslan is on the move.”

Krystal Unrein | “We are a people called to remember. We must continue to tell each other the stories of the faithfulness of our God. We must continue to celebrate the God who chose us and led us through on dry ground when there was absolutely no way on our own.”

Dennis Hounshell | “The love of Christ, the forgiveness of the Father, and the love of God’s children took a cynical man at rock bottom and gave him hope.”

Drake Holderman | “If things were to continue the same it seems that the hope of the Japanese people to know Christ is little. And yet, things aren’t staying the same.”

Brad Warren | “⁣Our words hold the keys to life and death in them. Speak life to people.”

Chad Ragsdale | “⁣Maybe the reason why we struggle with material contentment is because we have become too satisfied and contented with our lives in Jesus. We find ourselves anxiously pressing on for more because we have ceased pressing on for more of Jesus.”

Spencer Hahn | “As we center more on truth and less on our feelings, we’re able to see that yes, in this world, we will have trouble… but we can take heart because Christ has overcome the world.”

Ozark Christian College | “Ozark taught me to earnestly seek truth. It provided me with the skills and desires to understand, integrate, and communicate God’s word. I am indebted to my professors and friends who dedicated their time to minister to me, instruct me, and love me.”

Emilee Mitchell | “Rest is a clear and inevitable example of our dependence. We need it. And that is how God intended it.”

Dan Toney | “If you live anywhere near Oronogo you have probably seen an elderly man who walks miles and miles a day on busy roads all over the area. It doesn’t matter how hot or cold it is, he is out there walking day after day, mile after mile…”

Allison Stump | “Despite what the world is throwing at us or what we are currently struggling with, God is all that is good in this world. We need to root ourselves in His goodness.”

Stephanie Clarke | “Faith that fills the holes in our own lives, shoring up our foundations and preparing us to withstand the weight of the journey ahead.”

Tyler Bade | “Our world is loud. Turn your phone’s ringer on for ten minutes and hear notification after notification interrupt your mind. Pick your social media poison to scroll through for 30 seconds before you find someone yelling about something and someone else yelling back either in defense or agreement.”

Maggie Schade | How can you go beyond kind gestures to meaningful gospel interactions?

Logan Hahn | “⁣Our contentment in life cannot be dependent on what God has given us. If we find ourselves constantly discontent, maybe it’s because we worship God for what He gives and not for who He is.”

Chip Songer | Solitude = Engagement Isolation = Escape

Olivia Honey | “I am defined by what Jesus has called me and done for me, not by anything the agenda of the world says I must do or become.”  

Jessica Scheuermann | “While we will never truly outgrow our need of God, we can rest easy that the way in which we need him may change over time, in a way that resembles our own relationships with our parents. We may find ourselves needing God like we need oxygen at certain moments, but we also may find ourselves watching for him to come around the corner so that we can take off on the next adventure with him, and both are beautiful expressions of relationship.”