Going Deeper | Christmas with The Ridge: Be Still —“Be still, and know that I am God.” - Psalm 46:10 The Holiday season can be wonderful. However, it is often full, typically in the exhausting sense o...  Read More

Going Deeper with the Message | The Angels Sing – Part 4 | Gloria!—I grew up in a church that put on a children’s Christmas pageant every year. We dressed up in robes and headscarves and carried a bab...  Read More

Going Deeper with the Message | The Angels Sing – Part 3O Holy Night—O Holy Night, a night set apart for sacred use. That is what we see in so many Christmas cards. The artists are giving their vision...  Read More

Going Deeper | The Angels Sing – Part 2Legacy of Hope—In many ways, my family’s legacy is death. It’s the thing that most people think of when they think of my family. It began in 1992 when my sister,...  Read More

We all have key relationships in our lives; relationships that are highly important to us. Unfortunately, it can be easy to go through our days and weeks forgetting to pray for those people in our liv...  Read More

Going Deeper  | The Angels Sing – Part 1The Angels Sing—Christmas time is here! I love Christmas music, especially the carols. My family would take drives to see the Christmas lights and sing many car...  Read More

Going Deeper | In All Things – Part 2Hands and Feet—I went to school to teach biology. I love learning about the intricacies of the world around us and the amazing detail that the Lord has put into al...  Read More

1. Read Proverbs 11:24-25.  What are some ways in which we are enriched when we are generous?  Can you think of any examples in your own life where you were enriched when you gave of your time or mone...  Read More

Going Deeper | In All Things – Part 1In All Things—I am in my office at home, watching the snowflakes, and listening to the sound of construction in the other half of our home. For the past two months...  Read More

Going Deeper  | Finding Joy in Uncertain Times - Part 6Christ the Solid Rock—When I was a kid, I was not a fan of roller coasters. The ups, the downs, the loops, the whole deal. I didn’t experience an...  Read More

Hello worry, my old friend. We are well-acquainted, you and I. I treat worry like a guilty pleasure, one that I know isn’t good for me, but that I turn to again and again. In quiet moments when I am t...  Read More

Go DeeperThe verb “be”—There are days that bring back memories of people that have an enormous impact on our lives. My dad would be celebrating his 88th birthday on the 27th of this month. He and my m...  Read More