On The Journey

A BLOG FROM JOURNEY STAFF

  • April 21, 2025

    Last week in kids church, something happened that I just can't stop smiling about.


    We had a new volunteer serve in our preschool room. He’s a kind, gentle man with long hair and a beard—someone you might say resembles modern-day portrayals of Jesus. And apparently, one of our preschoolers thought so too.  (Click here to read more.)

  • April 14, 2025

    Churches are different in multiple ways, but whatever church a person attends on Sundays, there are some crucial things to realize... 

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  • April 7, 2025

    Leonard Sweet tells of a story that’s haunted him ever since its first telling.  It was in one of his doctoral seminars . . . The scientist ran his fingers along his desk in his lab.  Thirty years had passed since he’d been in a church—thirty years chasing facts, building a life on what he could prove.  Then his son died... 

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  • March 31, 2025

    I find research about the church to be interesting.  You might find interesting these findings from Barna’s 2025 State of the Church report . . . (Click here to read more.)

  • March 24, 2025

    I read a blog about a framework for letting it go (whatever “it” is). I hope it’s helpful to you.


    1. Feel it fully. Name the emotion: “I am feeling ____.” But be careful not to...   

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