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I'm Nicole Jansen, the new face on staff. I started May 1 as the part-time Ministry Coordinator, and although I'm only a month in, I already love the job. I've been out…

A little over a month ago, my dad, Tim, my son, Nathan, and I took a road trip from San Francisco, California, where my sister, Samantha, lives to San Marcos, Texas, where my parents live. It was the trip of …

As you might’ve heard, I returned about a week ago from spending some time in Israel. Israel is always amazing, and this time proved no different. There are so many things I…

On a recent trip to Oklahoma, we attended worship with our son and his family. On that Sunday, the former preacher came out of…

When I write these blogs, I try to really research the biblical context of the verses and stories I use. We just celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday, and I…

Several years ago, we journeyed through a time of prayer to discern our church vision. God gave us a gift with what we called our DNA Statement, Live, Love, Grow…

On March 2, we observed Ash Wednesday marking the beginning of Lent. Ash Wednesday focuses our hearts on repentance and prayer. It is a time set aside each year for…

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine last week. She recently went on a long weekend trip to Arizona, where she…

This week, while exploring Bible Gateway (as one does), I stumbled upon Philippians 4:8:

As we were starting, I got a text that one of my friends I have known from church had passed away. I tried to keep my composure, but as I looked around the room, my heart instantly felt heavy, and…

I didn’t grow up in a church that practiced many liturgical aspects of worship like Ash Wednesday, which we observed last week. The first time I ever participated in this kick-off to Lent was here at Hillspring, and it has become…

There are several questions that I like to ask people when I’m getting to know them. One of my favorites is the question, “What is the story behind your first Bible?”

One of my favorite Christian moments during the year happens to be Ash Wednesday. Historically, Ash Wednesday has been the day Christians all over the world came face to face with their mortality.

Qualities of children are innocent, pure, receptive, eager to learn, and a perfect Our current sermon series is on the Beatitudes. Each message has given me a better understanding of…

We use the word “bless” a lot. It’s used as a greeting. It’s used as a thank you. It’s used as an affirmation. And, in case you didn’t know, it’s even sometimes used as an insult, as in, “bless your heart.”…

I have a fascination with local radio. I might be the only millennial to still listen to a car radio. (I also have CDs that aren't very "millennial" of me either.) Local radio is a good way to…

This week we started our Women's Bible Study on the book of John, chapter 15. I am really excited that we will embark on this journey of…

It may seem like a cop-out for the worship leader to write about a song she loves every time it is her turn to write the weekly blog, but I can't help it! I love this new…

The other day, I was listening to a podcast between two Christian scholars/theologians. They were discussing various reasons why people were walking away from the Christian faith. Many reasons were given, some of which you may have experienced yourself:

My New Year’s prayer for our church family is that we see the new year as an opportunity to grow significantly as followers of Jesus. That is the reason for our new series on Jesus’ Beatitudes, The Be Happy Attitudes.