Life Group Discussion Questions series: #struggles – week 4 topic: compassion talk it over What’s the most awkward overshare you’ve seen on social media? Take a few minutes to LOL. It’s time #TBH (to be honest)...
Life Group Discussion Questions series: #struggles – week 3 topic: rest talk it over Put your hands up: Who sleeps with your phone? Who checks email on vacation? Who looks at social media first thing every morning? Last thing of the day? While you’re...
Life Group Discussion Questions series: #struggles – week 2 topic: authenticity talk it over Share something silly that was a struggle for you this week that isn’t really a big deal compared to deeper struggles. Share a...
A Blueprint for Prayer note: A version of this article originally appeared in the Sandpoint Reader as a guest response to the prompt, “Do we all pray to the same God?” Most Americans are praying people. At least that’s what a recent Pew Research survey showed. In 2014, more...
Life Group Discussion Questions series: #struggles – week 1 topic: contentment talk it over Share the most ridiculous selfie you’ve seen (or taken!) recently. If you could switch lives with someone, real or fictional, who would it be and why? Between hearing the weekend...
Sandpoint, Idaho – “Got church?” For anyone who has ever been disaffected from church in the past, or perhaps never had a church experience growing up – or, is simply spiritually questioning – Cedar Hills has an event for you. It's the Cedar Hills “Got...
It was 15 years ago that we witnessed the evil that brought down the Twin Towers in New York City. For a brief moment in time, Americans stood united, stunned, and vigilant in the face of tragedy. Many attended church for the first time in years just after the events of 9/11. What were they...
Some days are hard. Some days are so full of stress and anxiety and fear and heartache that you long to get away for a holiday or vacation. Or maybe a retreat. You're looking for a place where there are no deadlines to meet and no crises to negotiate. At its best, that's what a vacation...
How was your sabbatical? This is the sort of question that has multiple answers. There’s a one-second answer, a two-minute answer, and a three-hour answer. Since the three-hour answer takes some advance scheduling, here are the one-second and two-minute answers. The One-Second Answer...
If you saw her backstage you never would have imagined what fame was soon to come her way. She walked out on the stage in a frumpy dress. Slightly mussed up hair. Bushy eyebrows. She seemed a bit old and a bit odd for the competition. Before her first...