by Joshua Hankins | Mar 9, 2026 | Christian Life, Church, Featured, Kids
By Pastor Joshua Hankins This fall, our children’s ministry tried something new for our annual volunteer training. Rather than hosting a large event for all 400+ volunteers at once, we chose to focus on individual ministries in more, smaller training events. Though...
by Nathan Fox | Mar 3, 2026 | Christian Life, Church, Featured, High School, Mission
By: Pastor Nate Fox When asked to write for this journal edition, to lay my heart bare on behalf of teen ministry in our church, it was a no-brainer decision for me. For the last fifteen years of my life, from a student at Liberty taking Youth Ministry classes to the...
by editor | Jan 27, 2026 | Anxiety, Christian Life, Gospel, Suffering, Worship
Last week I found myself sequestered in my basement with a roaring fire and snow falling outside. While the setting was tranquil, I must confess that my heart was not. As various circumstances flooded my heart and mind, the providence of God led me to Psalm 22 as part...
by Chelsea Barnwell | Jan 20, 2026 | Christian Life, Featured, Kids
By Chelsea Barnwell I have conducted 100 or more volunteer interviews each year for the past three years. I have begun to notice patterns in responses. Many volunteers will say they prefer to work with older children/youth. If I ask why, I get similar answers. Many...
by Rob E | Jan 12, 2026 | Christian Life, Featured, Gospel
By Pastor Rob “I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 (ESV) When Kay and I moved back to the States, Pastor Nathan exhorted us to do some things that...
by editor | Nov 25, 2025 | Christian Life, Christmas, Prayer
O Lover to the Uttermost May I read the melting of thy heart to me in the manger of thy birth in the garden of thy agony, in the cross of thy suffering, in the tomb of thy resurrection, in the heaven of thy intercession. Bold in this thought I defy my adversary, tread...
