DAILY READING Colossians 3:12-17 REFLECTION   CHRIST-SHAPED VISION By Katie Borden The passage we hear today from Colossians is filled with a lot of incredibly helpful instructions on how to live a Christ-shaped life. In fact, many of the kids (and adults) who join us each summer for Vacation Bible School have several verses of this passage memorized because of the incredible gift of Bible memory verse songs! But taken as a whole, this passage speaks to more than just how individuals should...

DAILY READING Isaiah 55:6-13 REFLECTION   "NEW YEAR, NEW YOU" By Katie Borden So, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolution? If you’re like me, you took until about January 3rd to actually make one, and then broke it by January… 5th. In our society, we talk a lot about fresh starts this time of year. Resolutions, #NewYearNewMe and the like are plastered all over our social media pages. We are made to feel like the goals that were out of reach the other 364 days of the year are...

DAILY READING Ezekiel 34:23-31 , John 10:11 REFLECTION   THE GOOD SHEPHERD By Katie Borden There is a verse of “Joy to the World” that we don’t often sing but that happens to have one of my favorite lines in the entirety of the hymnody: No more let sin or sorrow grow Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. “He comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found.” What a fantastic, hopeful statement about the love and power of our...