Following Jesus

by Erin Bird Every week, we write a blog post with the aim to help you follow Jesus a little more closely. But I […]

By Erin Bird, This past week, I was talking on the phone with a friend who is struggling with a pornography addiction. He’s battled this […]

By Erin Bird, For a majority of cultures around the world, people don’t think of themselves individualistically (as many Americans do), rather they view […]

These next two weeks bring a lot of transition for my family. Today (Aug 16), LeAnn begins a full-time high school math teaching job […]

If you made it to this past Sunday’s Worship Gathering at Kohlmann Park – I’m so glad you were there! We had such gorgeous weather, […]

by Erin Bird, If you follow Jesus, but haven’t been baptized yet, here are four reasons why I think you should get “dunked” : 1. […]

I heard a GREAT quote this past week about sacrifice: “If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want will be the […]

by Jacob Tews In this past Sunday’s message, at Riverwood church in Waverly Iowa; we scratched the surface of what the Bible has to […]

If you are an American, hope you had a wonderful celebration of our nation’s birthday. If you didn’t take time yesterday, be sure to […]

By Erin Bird, Prayer TimeLast Sunday, we had the pleasure of having Patrick Ray teach us on the topic of prayer from Romans 8. […]

by Erin Bird, Deeper WorshipWe spent some time looking at the spiritual discipline of worship this week at our worship gathering. I’d like to give you a […]

By Erin Bird, This past Sunday, I talked a little too much about porcupines. But I thought these prickly rodents were the perfect example […]