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Monday Mission - Remember There is a Reason for Every Season

Content provided by guest writer, Jenna Finkenhoefer. I’ll be the first to admit it. This time of year between winter and spring is difficult for me. Living in the Midwest, I’m guessing that I’m not alone in this sentiment. In mid-February I begin counting the days until time changes. Each day as the snow starts to melt and I see earth in my garden and flower beds...

Silhouette man praying in nature

Monday Mission - Prayer

Prayer…How often do we stop and talk to God? Is it just a quick request or do we take time to really spend intimate time with God? The Shema prayer, in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, is one of the most famous prayers in the Bible. “Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. And as for you, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

Scrabble tiles forming be fearless, be you phrase

Monday Mission - Be You

In the post linked below, author Rick Warren does an amazing job of helping to bring about understanding around the subject of God's creation of "YOU". When I reflect on the post, I am reminded that I am not an accident. God create me in His image, He had a plan for my life, He made me to be me, and He made me for a purpose. You know what, He did this for you too! How incredible is this?

Painting of a obscured sunrise coming through a valley

Monday Mission - Be the Light

When I was in high school a print of this painting – “Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California” by Artist Albert Bierstadt – hung in our school library. Every time I looked at it, it hit me as a little bit of a disappointment...

Evergreen trees covered in snow on both sides of a snow covered road

Monday Mission - Beauty in Every Season

Does this image look like what you've been facing lately? For many of us in the Midwest we've literally been facing lots of snow covered roads this winter. Straining our eyes to find the road or looking for a car ahead to show us the way. Wishing our tires were gripping a little tighter to the pavement but prevented by the barrier of ice and snow.