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Perhaps every time we close our eyes and allow sleep to take us, it is a moment of faith. Maybe sleep is where the largest translucent window is hidden.

I do not want to die. Never mind, Lord. Forget I said anything. Let’s go back to peace and quiet for a while, okay? He relents. And so the battle continues.

[Jessi Gering] lives and works in Lynden, WA. She is addicted to coffee, the internet, and buying used books.
Who has time to accomplish everything they set out to during the day? Maybe more people out there are better at time management, and more realistic in their goal setting than I am (in fact, I’m positive [...]

[Jay McCumber] has served as Lead Pastor at Cornerstone (Lebanon, PA) for about three years after spending five years in youth ministry at a church in St Louis, Missouri. Jay loves his wife Sherri and their three children - Trey, Christy and Ben. He also loves Torah, twizlers, and Jesus.
Nine East is blue. The desks [...]

For the longest time I thought being in love was going to be as wonderful as a Disney movie. I expected my first relationship to be just like Aladdin: love at first sight, magical carpet rides, kissing under moonlight while the animal sidekicks watched and smiled, the happily-ever-after ending. The only obstacle Aladdin and Jasmine [...]

I started this article blatantly refusing to join a Christian dating site to meet a prospective partner. I had only joined for the research, however, after talking to Sam, I no longer view online dating as “pathetic”.

There are also plenty of people whom I know are religious, but who have chosen, for whatever reason, to leave the religion section off of their profile completely.

Jay Mc Cumber
Summer camp in the rolling hills of southeastern Pennsylvania is a highlight of my boyhood. Being raised in a Christian home required that I attend a Christian camp with a bunch of other church kids who were looking forward to hiking, creek-stomping, archery, swimming and farting in the poor cabin mate’s face who [...]

Without the grisly details, I took some pretty big hits to areas of faith and trust in the Bible when I was in college.

Note from the Author:This was a difficult piece to write. But it helped me answer the questions I posed in relation to “Which part of us makes up the Kingdom?” and “What part of us do we bring to the Kingdom, as our contribution?”. The answer I found while writing it was everything. And the [...]