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Bringing Light to Darkness

Ashley Chesnut
I knew we needed to talk about it. ...
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Christianity in the Classroom

Elizabeth Park
Almost fourteen years ago, God called Michael Mickens away from the world of insurance and into the field of education. “Teaching runs in my family, but I never thought initially I would be a...
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What I've Learned About Being a Mom

Paula Mason
“If it were going to be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called labor.” - Anonymous ...
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Making a Church into a Home

Brook Hills Contributor
We moved to Birmingham in 2013 as we began a new phase of our lives and quickly landed at Brook Hills as our church home. Though the Lord provided biblical community through different avenues in...
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Embrace Change for Kingdom Glory

Brook Hills Contributor
Imagine with me, if you will, a person so shy as to be unwilling to order delivery pizza because it meant cold-calling a stranger. Pretty shy, right? Imagine that same person striking up...
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Partnering Together for the Gospel

Brook Hills Contributor
He was not your average missionary. He was highly motivated and sure of his calling. He was fully committed and willing to make any sacrifice to fulfill the mission. Both he and the church had high...
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Embracing Change

Rocky Mayo
Trusting in the God who never changes and always keeps His promises is essential to faithfully walking through the countless transitions that life throws at us.
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The Global Impact of Friendship

Brook Hills Contributor
The two of us (Haley and Paige) have served overseas in short-term and mid-term contexts and were fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of gracious hospitality from locals. The kindness of a...
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All We Need Is To Ask

Casey Boss
Wisdom belongs to and is given from God. The Bible doesn’t tell us that we just fall into wisdom. It is something we seek. We ask for it. And even in the midst of brokenness, God is kind and God is...
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Let's Dig Deep

Elizabeth Park
Ten minutes after looking over her surprisingly, empty calendar for the month of June, Kewanna Mickens received a call from our Global Pastor, Chip Bugnar. He wanted to know if she would consider...
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Stand for Orphans: Thinking Outside Ourselves

Brook Hills Contributor
“Mom, can we PLEASE do a lemonade stand today,” begged the kids. They had been wanting to do one for a long time, so I reluctantly agreed to do a stand that hot day in May 2015. We gathered a...
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Seeking Joy

Brook Hills Contributor
The joy that God gives us is rooted in everything that He has done for us. To preserve that joy, we have to fight to keep our hope in Him by reading His Word and spending time with Him.
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Entering Fatherhood Through Orphan Care

Brook Hills Contributor
While I might not have initially envisioned becoming a father by becoming a foster parent, the way God has had his hand in our story during this journey is amazing. I am constantly reminded of our...
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Extraordinary through the Ordinary

Brook Hills Contributor
God used the very ordinary means of discipleship in the past to do something very extraordinary in my life.
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A Modular Farewell

Brook Hills Contributor
As we bid farewell to the oh so picturesque modular buildings that have graced our campus for more years than intended, my mind takes a walk down the wooden, memory lane that runs down the middle of...
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Relationships Fuel the Mission

Brook Hills Contributor
I wonder if many of us realize the importance our relationship with other believers and our involvement in the local church plays in our role of disciple-making.
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A Place to Belong

Elizabeth Park
“When we came to Brook Hills that first Sunday after I was a believer, that first Sunday after becoming a single mom, that was really the first step in a new direction in my relationship with the...
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This Is Hard, but There Is Hope

Brook Hills Contributor
Seven years ago, The Church at Brook Hills sent a team of people who had been called by God to go and serve among an unreached people group in East Asia. The East Asia Church Planting Team is a...
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A Prayer For Mother’s Day

Brook Hills Contributor
Dear God, ...
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Moms... Never Alone

Dawn Stephens
As we look toward Mother’s Day, we celebrate motherhood and the women in our lives who have mothered us. This day also elicits other emotions for some of us. For those of us who have our mothers...
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Special Sisters and Brothers

Brook Hills Contributor
There is a group of men and women in our church who love and serve some a special group of people that are gifts to our faith family… your Special Needs Ministry Leadership team.
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The Heart of Disciple-Making

Christina Ellis
Spending time together on Monday nights is for loving Jesus, growing in Jesus, and teaching these girls to do the same.
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The Love Oliver Story

Brook Hills Contributor
Our goal was long-term relational disciple-making, but how could suburban Christ-followers who were primarily Caucasian build long-term friendships and disciple-making relationships in the urban area...
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From Money to Mission

Brook Hills Contributor
In 1998, three things happened at about the same time that led me to want to know about Jesus: I saw a fellow businessman pray about a serious business issue instead of figuring it out on his own, a...
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