by Kristen Lunceford | Jan 18, 2013 | Church Planting, Faith
On Monday, we will celebrate two years of life and ministry in Las Vegas. As you can imagine, I have so much to say about this. Before I do, though, I want to re-post something I wrote in November 2010 (two months before we left Minnesota to start Advance Church)...
by Kristen Lunceford | Dec 18, 2012 | Faith
I don’t know about you, but the song on repeat in my head this December is not Santa Baby or Joy to the World. No, this year I’ve been humming a lyric from an old Counting Crows song: “It’s been a long December…” Illness and tragedy and sadness have parked themselves...
by Kristen Lunceford | Oct 16, 2012 | Faith
It seems a lot of people I’ve talked to lately aren’t where they want to be. They’re waiting. They’re grieving. They’re fading. They’re doubting. They’re caught between where God has promised to lead them and where he has them for now, and it’s hard, brutally hard....
by Kristen Lunceford | Mar 19, 2012 | Adoption, Church Planting, Faith
I find it no coincidence that almost three years ago today, I wrote a post for our adoption blog that began with precisely the same six words I wanted to open today’s post with… “The truth is…this ain’t easy.” This week three years ago, we found ourselves a few days...
by Kristen Lunceford | Jan 3, 2012 | Faith
We are home from a week away in Southern California, where we took a collective deep breath on sand and shore and secret paths that eventually led to the same place: 2012. The pause between calendar pages strengthened our family’s resolve to follow Jesus as...
by Kristen Lunceford | Dec 22, 2011 | Faith, Homemaking, Parenting
We’re in a new city this year, so we are going to have to rely on technology to help us keep one Minnesota Christmas Eve tradition alive. Ryan’s parents started this very special reading of the Christmas story two years ago, and on Saturday night we are...
