Nov
08
Too Many Blessings To Count
By Michael and Elizabeth Rayburn
When my husband and I got married we knew one of our first challenges together would be having children. Having had trouble since my teen years, we had been discussing th . . .
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Nov
01
Making an Impact in Your Environment
By Talon Maningas
What do you do when God’s will is not your will? How do you respond when something you are so heavily invested in doesn’t work out as you had planned? What do you do . . .
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Oct
25
The Mess Of A Normal Life – Part 3
By The Loewen's
Read part 1, Rebecca's story. Read part 2, Nate's story. Outwardly, as we would have liked to write our story, it would be one of control and comfort. We wanted peopl . . .
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Oct
18
The Mess Of A Normal Life – Part 2
By Nate Loewen
Read Part 1, Rebecca Loewen's, story here. Our story is not outstanding in the way that some testimonies are. Because we were relatively “normal” we allowed oursel . . .
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Oct
11
The Mess Of A Normal Life – Part 1
By Rebecca Loewen
Our story is not outstanding in the way that some testimonies are. Because we were relatively “normal” we allowed ourselves to believe the lie of spiritual safety in . . .
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Oct
04
A Change In Direction
By Makenzie Harp
“For we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love the Lord, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 When I first read t . . .
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Sep
20
Repurposed to Care and Love
By Zach and Joanna Holden
This week we are visiting our stories archive and touching on the incredible story of Zach and Joanna Holden. Through God's love, the Holden's have learned what it means . . .
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Sep
13
On Getting Stuck In A Ditch
By Jonathan Wedge
I had been trying to be a good person by not being bad. I realized that I had fallen into a ditch. I was driving down our two-lane state highway here in Missouri one day . . .
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Sep
06
The Naked Truth
By Caleb Denison
Let there be light. That’s my story. I was floating in a deep void filled with darkness and then... the Word appeared. “And the earth was without form, and void; a . . .
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Aug
30
A Lesson on Prayer
By Sally Smith
In 2011, Betsy Ragsdale, Peggy Michael, and I met together each Sunday morning before first service to pray for the pastors, staff, and teachers of our church. Each week . . .
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Aug
23
God Is Good
By Julia Liberty
God has provided for me in my life in multiple ways these past couple years while growing in my faith with Jesus Christ. He has given me reassurance when life gets rough, . . .
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Aug
16
The Joy Of Serving
By Rick Keller
Over the years, I’ve learned that even when I was struggling with my own issues, that serving others has a reward of allowing me to look past my issue and experience th . . .
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Aug
01
Conditioning For Seasons To Come
By Natalee and Tyler Gleason
My husband, Tyler, and I had been trying for a baby for a while. I’m not going to share how long we had been trying because I’ve discovered that it doesn’t matter i . . .
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Jun
28
Repurposed for Relationships and Peace
By Rick and Katie Schneider
This week we are visiting our stories archive and touching on the incredible story of Rick and Katie Schneider. Though it wasn't apparent at the start, it has now become . . .
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Jun
14
Never Easy, Always Simple
By Brittanni Reardon
I grew up in a Christian home. I went to church every Sunday, prayed before every meal. I believed because my Mom told me to, and in my eyes, she was always right. But wh . . .
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May
31
Led To Friendship
By Molly DeGroot
My biggest fear of joining a large church like Christ's Church of Oronogo was being lost in the large crowd. So when I arrived my first Sunday in 2016, I thought I would . . .
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May
24
Planning On Faithfulness
By Dillon Walker
God’s faithfulness is not designed to anticipate in detail. Abraham did not know specifically where God was leading him. Paul didn’t always know exactly where God was . . .
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May
17
Repurposed To Care For Others
By Darrin and Chrissy King
This week we are visiting our stories archive and touching on the incredible story of Darrin and Chrissy King. God has taken them all over the world, but their calling ha . . .
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May
03
In Giving I Received
By Carol Ballard
Christ’s Church has been my church home since the early 1990’s and I felt God’s presence here from the beginning. I sang in the choir in the early years and helped . . .
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Apr
26
Breaking The Silence
By Miranda Murdock
Miranda Murdock's story is one of brokenness and shame, but God has taken that bad new story and now Miranda is creating a good news solution for others in the same situa . . .
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