Over the next few months, we will be sharing stories of how the past year has affected different members of our Crossroads family.
We're asking each person two questions: How did the past year impact your life, for better or worse? And how did you see God working during this time?
The first people sharing their story with us are Gary & Kathy Stowie.
Shemot
Exodus 1-6:1 | Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23 | Matthew 2:1-12
Out of the drama of Joseph’s death, a leader and highly exalted person in the land of Egypt and also a Jew, we find ourselves right in the beginning of the book...
The Divine Mundane
Probably not the most grammatically correct title for this post since “divine” and “mundane” are both adjectives, but I think this passage of Scripture perfectly describes the divine (proceeding from...
Matthew 1:18-2:12
Remember when you were a kid, and each year seemed so slow? Your birthday had to be celebrated in segments, the half birthday, because otherwise it felt like an eternity of waiting. I think a kid must have also invented...
Luke 1:26-80
During this time of the year during advent, I think about Zechariah. His story stretches my imagination to picture what these scenes looked like. I wonder what would I have thought? How would I have responded? Would I be afraid?...
John 1:1-18
There is a crescendo in John 1:1-18.
A crescendo, in musical terminology, is when the music gradually grows in loudness. If this piece of scripture is a symphony playing within the mind, it starts out soft, adding layers and truths...
