You’re here because you’re ready to take a small step forward. Let’s break it down into something simple and doable. Before I ever showed up to a hiking group…before I got on a plane to Israel… my steps looked much smaller. Your starting steps are things like: Looking at the website. Thinking about going. Driving there… and almost turning around. Buying a new outfit (!) Sometimes the step isn’t the big thing. Sometimes it’s just getting a little closer. And that prepares you

Church had become a place of loneliness and desolation. Only faith brought me there the first months after Eric died. Faith and a desire...