By Jane Highley Spring is here because I can feel it in my eyes, in my sinuses, and in my...
New Life Notes
Money, Sex and Discipleship
By Ward Shope Chances are I got your attention by writing that title – or perhaps you are too embarrassed...
Self-Sermon on Respect
By Anonymous Each year, Living for the King, New Life’s discipleship course, asks participants to write a sermon to themselves...
A Book Recommendation
By Tim Shaw A few years ago, Debbie Leonard (NLD’s former Children’s Ministries Director) gave me a copy of Jack...
A Podcast That Feeds My Soul
By Jane Highley If you ever find me with my earbuds on, I’m either running or cleaning. (Usually the former,...
Gospel Sexuality: Providing Hope, Not Behavior Modification
By Todd Hill I find that if I want to get caught up on what the world is thinking about...
Untitled Reflections
By Melanie Kauffman Every time I sit down to write something for this blog, a big question looms over me:...
The Challenge of Transition: Session/Staff Retreat Report
By Ward Shope I was dropping off New Life’s paper-folding machine to repair a strap that had broken. “This is...
Parenting a Disabled Child by Faith
By Donna Donnelly As a mother of a 26-year-old son with autism and a developmental disability, there has been both...
40 Years
By Rae Barnes It was just last week that my in-laws celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Shortly after the actual...
"You Are Welcome Here!"
By Laurel Kehl That’s how Pastor Vinny Tauriello greeted our ESL students and families at the annual Thanksgiving Feast this...
Moving Into the New Year
By Charlotte Gleason Sometimes, my age surprises me. In my head, I am still in my early twenties, looking forward...