by Ashleigh | May 8, 2018 | Discipleship, Uncategorized
I have been thinking a lot about the difference between the ideal and the actual. The ideal is who we want to be, what we project ourselves to be to others, and where we believe we are. The actual is who and where we really are. Honestly, it’s much easier to...
by Ashleigh | Apr 10, 2018 | Discipleship, Featured, Team Members
“You ask too many questions, you start too many fights, you dream of resurrection but you’re too scared to die.” This is a lyric from a song called “Birds” by The Collection, one of my favorite bands. From the first time I heard this line...
by Ashleigh | Jan 2, 2018 | Alumni, Community, Discipleship, Team Members
Happy New Year! We look forward to blogging and reading more in 2018. Here are, in no particular order, five of our top blog posts of 2017. — “The old me would have been afraid to question my thoughts and actions and probably would have ignored my feelings...
by annastout | Feb 16, 2017 | Discipleship, Featured, Team Members, Uncategorized
Mission Year staff often talks about being stretched and being uncomfortable and I tell you, this hasn’t been the easiest journey. This transition into adulthood, planting myself in Chicago and internal battles has left me with major growing pains. Going home to...
by annastout | Feb 2, 2017 | Community, Discipleship, Team Members
“Your love never fails, it never gives up. It never runs out on me.” Somehow, God never gets tired. He never gets tired of revealing His truth to us or breaking our rhythms to make a way for His plans. He never, ever gets tired of loving us. He does...
by annastout | Dec 15, 2016 | Discipleship, Team Members
About a month ago I was challenged with the idea that whole of the Gospel can be summed up in the name that was given at Jesus’ birth: Emmanuel- meaning “God is with us”. God loved those who were made in his image so much that he came to be with us. To live the life...
