Stories

Tough Conversations: What God Has To Say About Sex

Yes, you read that right. Sex. For the next few weeks we're going to look at what God's Word has to say about sex.

Think back wi...

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Parents: An Invitation To Pray — And Expect

I thought when my son was 18 months old and I was expecting my daughter that I had this baby thing down. I knew all about feeding and diapering ...

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Inside: Encounter

Inside: Encounter

On only the second-ever Sunday I attended Blue Ridge, I heard about the Encounter group, which was starting up again for a new year. As the anno...

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Lifeline: A Wise Friend to Walk With You

Lifeline: A Wise Friend to Walk With You

In February 2013, Jayna Fielder learned something about her husband that felt too big to handle on her own.

Through Lifeline, Jayna was...

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Seeing God's Light Through A Friend

Seeing God's Light Through A Friend

I spent a portion of my life doubting the existence of God. Then He proved Himself, not through some scientific or theological breakthrough, but...

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Finding Freedom: Life's Healing Choices

Finding Freedom: Life's Healing Choices

Jo Holden was praying about where God would have her serve. Then, she saw Debbie O’Brien and knew it was a divine appointment. Jo had done the “...

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Faith, Family, And Encounter

Faith, Family, And Encounter

If I had to describe my childhood in one word it would be tough. My single mom struggled to pay the bills and my father, who never played the ro...

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More Than A Gift On Christmas Morning

More Than A Gift On Christmas Morning

Three years ago,my husband Marvin and I met our first Angel Tree child. It was a lot of fun to shop for that certain little boy and then have th...

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Given To Me On The Way To Someone Else

Given To Me On The Way To Someone Else

I got to know Angie when we met during the Worship Team auditions in July 2012. There was something about her that I couldn’t quite put my finge...

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Christine's Story

Christine's Story

My parents and my husband’s parents have both been married for 50 years. When I got married, divorce was not an option. It was not part of my wo...

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Walking With Others

Walking With Others

I remember when I was younger hearing people talk about the deep love they had for their family. But I didn’t know what it was like to accept lo...

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More Than Not Drinking

More Than Not Drinking

The son of a restaurant owner and a mother who served in World War II as a nurse, I learned early about perfectionism, alcoholism and codependen...

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