By: Miranda Mae Ewing
Sometimes when my pastor is delivering his sermon, I like to look out over our church congregation and take in the faces of those who sit around me. Some are eagerly soaking the pastor’s words, taking notes, and nodding along.…
Worship All Week
By Miranda Mae Ewing
Staff Writer for the Daily Grace Co.
Most Sundays, there is an early-morning wake-up call for my husband to make his way to church. He tries to slip quietly out of bed, get dressed quickly, and help pack my son’s diaper bag, because I will inevitably wake up later than I should.…
How to Get Plugged into a Local Church
Committing to Act and Uphold
By Sarah Morrison
Former Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
Exodus 17 tells a story of Israel defeating Amalek against all odds. Up to this point in the book of Exodus, we observe a history of God calling Moses to do things out of the ordinary and then working miracles through them—a staff turns into a serpent, water spills from a rock, manna falls from heaven. Exodus 17:8-14 shares yet another story:
…Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
In a World of Competition, Fight for Unity
Regaining God’s View of His Church
By Inonge Siluka
Guest Contributor
What do you do when you just don’t want to hang out with your church family? When you find it difficult to foster relationships in church? Or if you just find church life a bit mundane? Perhaps you’re a new Christian, and you walk into a church full of people you have little in common with, and you don’t know how to relate to them; or maybe you just feel like you never quite fit in anywhere, no matter where you go. It can be hard to deal with these struggles, especially when we know that church should be something good, a blessing, and an important part in our Christian life. The struggle is real. I have been there.…
