Journaling is a great way to reflect on what God is doing in our lives and process his truth. It’s an opportunity to “get real” with our Creator and wait on his response.
Donald Whitney, a professor of biblical spirituality and author of the book Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, writes, “By slowing us down and prompting us to think more deeply about God, journaling helps us feel more deeply (and biblically) about God. It provides an opportunity for the intangible grays of mind work and heart work to distill clearly into black and white. Then we’re better able to talk to God with both mind and spirit.” Read More
Have you ever intentionally scheduled worship on your calendar? Do you know what your favorite style of connecting with God is? Let’s focus our attention on God’s transformational love this week and revere him above all else through worship. Hear what young adult and youth pastor Danny Churchill has to say on the topic. Read More
Want to do something that makes a big impact but doesn’t require much of your time? Well, we have just the thing! Heroes Gate is looking for volunteers to connect with kids once a month in a fun and easy way! Read More
With A Grateful Heart is a cozy, kid-friendly event with warm drinks, individually wrapped fall snacks and acoustic music. Think coffee house vibes featuring musicians and artists from within our Woodland community. Read More
In our Getting Real sermon series, we’re looking at how spiritual practices serve as tools for heart change and authenticity before God. This week: Bible Study! Read More
Few things frustrate us more than a person who is all show and no substance, and Jesus had quite a few things to say about the hypocrites of his day. Jesus invites us to use spiritual practices as ways to work toward heart change and authenticity. In this series we’ll see how practices like serving others and fasting enable us to get real before God. Read More
Rob is a podrishioner from the UK. He got connected to Woodland a few years ago when a friend suggested listening to our messages online. More recently, he was particularly touched by Greg’s lament at the beginning of our friendship sermon series, remembering the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. Greg reminded us that marking the tragedy of that day includes remembering and mourning the young men who committed the atrocities and grieving the fact that they were deceived into believing in the lie of such terrible violence. But Rob’s connection to the anniversary was very personal: his dad was one of the 67 British people killed in the events of that day. Read More
Fall is here again. That means it’s time to get your creative juices flowing in preparation for our Grateful Heart gratitude journal. This is an opportunity for you to reflect on the things, big and small, for which you are thankful. Who are the people you appreciate? What brings you comfort and joy? God has given us some pretty amazing gifts. Here’s your chance to share what makes your heart sing. Read More
We are onto our last week of The Lost Art of Friendship caption contest! Thanks again for all your participation, it has been so fun. Here’s the photo for week 6! Read More
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