BIGsmallGroup Kick-off review and photos
BIGsmallGroup Kickoff 2016 was, like last year, a great time of fun and fellowship. Check out the pictures of Northstar folks playing games– from corn hole to kickball to Kan Jam, making new friends, and just hanging out. Don’t miss out future...10 verses that encourage us about God’s love
God loves you. You hear it every Sunday. You see it on the bumper sticker of the minivan in front of you at the stoplight. You sing it to your children. We hear and see these words often, but we should never go numb to this simple phrase. God loves you! Recently, I...
Parenting Persons, Not Projects
This piece was originally published at Christ and Pop Culture. We’re grateful to Valerie for allowing us to share it here. “F**k nuts.” “What did he just say?” “Pop-tart—he dropped his Pop-tart.” This was a lie, but I told it confidently before plucking up...
Fearless or “fear less”
I’m a worrier. Even as a child I worried. Back then, I mostly worried about getting in trouble. I was terrified of being in trouble. In school, if I was even next to the kid that got in trouble, I would get upset. As if my proximity to them meant I was in trouble too....


