New Life Notes

By Ward Shope Eden’s garden, Designer fashioned Fertile earth, painless birth Human freedom, love impassioned Tree of life, taste forbidden,...

Christmas ads on TV Used to really annoy me With their focus on material stuff. This year, they’re only silly...

By Tosha Morris During my son Gavin’s two-year battle with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer involving the sympathetic nervous...

By Catherine Krasinski It’s amazing how many of us resonate with the idea of having to “survive” the holidays. There’s...

By Julia Pearson As we enter into this sacred Advent season, my heart is so full of expectation. How desperately...

By Tim Shaw One of Jesus’ names, Emmanuel, tells us “God is with us.” I believe this is true, but...

By Steve and Donna Daly Quietly and behind the scenes, every weekend at New Life there is a logistical marvel...

By Debbie Shope Sometimes my mind gets stuck. As you might imagine, this can often be quite unhelpful. Occasionally, though,...

By Ward Shope This past summer, we remodeled our bathroom. The ubiquitous pink tile of the 1960’s standard bathroom wall...

By Jane Highley Yoga and Jesus were two words that rarely fell into the same sentence in my mind. And...

By Todd Hill Just last month, I ran into a young, 20-something cashier at the local Subway. After a brief...

By Lauren Standen On Sunday, October 30th, our family attended New Life’s annual community event, Trunk or Treat. We have...