Following Jesus

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 […]

Welcome to summer! School is done, diplomas have been handed out, the pool is open, and summer activities are getting started. Many people see […]

By Erin Bird,  I want to conclude our series on four internal shifts that need to take place within Jesus-followers as they share their […]

By Erin Bird,  There is a Bible verse found in the Apostle Peter’s first letter that says, “[I]n your hearts, honor Christ the Lord as […]

By Erin Bird, For this week’s article, I am continuing the Four Shifts in Sharing Jesus series I started last week here in our […]

Like every year, the month of May has arrived in the Bird household with the usual flurry of end-of-school year busyness. Each evening seems […]

This week, we finish up our series on Riverwood’s definition of the Church, which is… “The redeemed people of God living on mission together […]