Category: Faith & Life
The calming waterfall
Temba Nkomozepi, an EngageMI Ministry Partner, describes the sights and sounds of being an agricultural missionary at Mujila Falls Agriculture Center in Zambia.
Getting to the heart of Advent
Taylorie Bailey, the Michigan Conference’s Co-Lay Leader, challenges us to spend as much time preparing spiritually as checking off our to-do lists.
What are you thankful for?
Rev. Dean Prentiss, superintendent of the Greater Southwest District, asks us to pause and give thanks to God for all that we’ve been given.
A lesson in caregiving
In a role reversal, Heather Jue-Wong reflects on how she traveled to Peru as a health professional on a Volunteers in Mission journey and became the patient.
Hourly prayer guide for Election Day
As the nation prepares to vote on Tuesday, November 5, congregations and individuals can use this guide to engage in prayer throughout the day.
Grateful for the pastors in our lives
In celebration of Pastor Appreciation Month, Lauren Canary outlines some practical ways we can show pastoral leaders they are valued and cared for.
Remembering God’s gift for the world
Reflecting on World Communion Sunday, Glenn Wagner shares a personal story of how a broken ceramic chalice symbolized the price Christ paid and the redeeming love that holds us together.
Piñatas and faith
Miriam Peralta De García celebrates her Mexican heritage and the tradition of piñatas and finds parallels to our walk of Christian faith.
‘No one makes fritters like her’
Retired pastor Sondra Willobee writes an ode of gratitude for the simple ways the daily tasks of our livelihood bless and strengthen others.
Picture God on your shoulder
Grandparents Day is September 8, and Cheryl Bistayi shares a “heart story” she has told her grandchildren, offering it to inspire you to tell your own.