DAILY READING Matthew 8:1-4 REFLECTION   The Reverse of the Curse By Katie Borden I know a third grade teacher who once had his students participate in an experiment to teach them about the spread of germs… using glitter . One morning, my friend dabbed what seemed like an insignificant amount of glitter into one singular student’s hand, and because third graders don’t keep their hands to themselves, by the end of the day there was glitter everywhere . As in, they were still finding glitter in...

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...