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Embracing Brokenness Ministries is participating in FaithfulGive on October 15-17. Lancaster now has a secure, online, momentum-building, community giving opportunity that aligns with Christian values. Giving is a demonstration of joy and a conduit for sharing God’s blessing with others. Look for volunteer opportunities, prayer requests, and mission-aligned organizations! Mark your calendars to stretch your gift and help us earn great cash prizes at FaithfulGive.org.…

Greetings, fellow travelers. You who journey with Jesus Christ, partaking of the divine nature, grafted to the life-giving vine, and working out your salvation with fear and trembling. Today I bring a word of encouragement, inspired by very real and personal recent events. This is my testimony. We serve a timeless, all-powerful, loving, merciful God. The God of Abraham, Moses, King David, and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The God who spoke to Moses from the burning bush,…

Are you experiencing a spiritual plateau? Galatians 6:9 says "and let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Colleen and Steve invite you to join them as they examine what God has in store for each of us, even if we're uncertain about our ability to grow further in our relationship with Him. Our identity and purpose are defined solely by a loving Father who wants to be our guide and our strength. Camp Meeting 2023 at…

What a privilege to hear the heart of Joseph Grenny who has dedicated much of his life to helping organizations and individuals influence positive change in their business and personal lives. Learn more about The Other Side Academy, which he co-founded, to do so much more for the marginalized in our society. Here's a preview of our discussion during the Embracing Brokenness podcast coming May 22nd. https://youtu.be/24m0ZcnaulM

Joseph Grenny is the coauthor of four New York Times bestsellers with more than five million copies in print: Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Change Anything, and Influencer. A dynamic keynote speaker and leading social scientist for business performance, he has shared the stage with General Colin Powell, Jack Welch, Jim Collins, and Brené Brown. His work has been translated into 28 languages, is available in 36 countries, and…

I can’t begin to tell you how many times I heard these words from Dr. Charles Stanley. “Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.” He was a beloved follower of Jesus and someone that mentored me through many years as a young man. Some of those years represented the most difficult season of my life. I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Stanley when visiting First Baptist at the old church location on Peachtree in Atlanta. He was a gentle soul displaying…

Alisa Childers is a wife, a mom, an author, a blogger, a speaker, and a worship leader. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl. She is a popular speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview conferences, including reThink. She has been published at The Gospel Coalition, Crosswalk, the Stream, For Every Mom, Decision magazine, and The Christian Post. Her blog post “Girl, Wash Your Face? What Rachel Hollis Gets Right . . . and Wrong”…

Do you remember Top Gun: Maverick’s climactic scene?As Maverick flew away from enemy territory, his F-14 clipped the roof of a building and lost its front landing gear. With the odds stacked against him, Maverick, and his co-pilot Rooster, engaged in an epic dogfight with two enemy jets. After some heart-stopping maneuvers, Maverick and Rooster managed to take out one of the jets, but the other one seemed to be chasing him down with no escape in sight. Maverick knew…

Happy New Year everyone. Can you believe it? Princes’ song is rattling around in my head, 1999 that was released in 1982. Whew - that seems like last week. We were on the cusp of Y2K when 1999 finally came around. Anyone younger than 30 likely remembers none of that non-event where everyone was waiting for a computer meltdown at midnight, and the world as we know it to disintegrate. Not to be though. Not to be. 2022 is a done deal – in the books as they say -…