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Think About It Thursday – Who is in your corner?
During last night’s sermon we talked about the movie Joy and how it related to the biblical story of Naomi (Ruth 1:1-19) and this question of “Who’s in your corner?” People who support you vs. people...
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Tuned In – Beautiful Things
With so much going on and so many things on our to-do list it seems like there is no end. There is no time to just sit and breathe. Breathing is secondary to our fast-paced lives. The song “Beautiful...
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Think About It Thursday – Happiness
Last night’s sermon looked at the movie Sisters and how to achieve happiness. In the movie two sisters return to their childhood home after hearing that their parents put it on the market to be sold....
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Think About It Thursday – Who Are You?
Last night in the sermon we talked about the latest entry in the Star Wars franchise: The Force Awakens. I was pleasantly surprised when I realized that our guest preacher, Eric Swanson, decided not to...
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Think About It Thursday – Faith Through Doubt
Last night at Merge we finished off “Merge at the Movies” with the movie The Letters. This movie depicts the real life of Mother Teresa and reveals parts of her life no one encountered until after her...
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Think About It Thursday – Letting Go
Last night I took a small stone and passed it back and forth in my hands. Despite the almost insignificance of the stone in my hand, the weight took me by surprise. The stone began to represent my...
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Prayer Week 2016 – Emily Lewis
Prayer Room Testimony – Emily Lewis Prayer: a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or object of worship. Let’s be honest, if not all of us, some of us were taught that there...
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Prayer Room Blog Post- Mallory One of my favorite writings about prayer is this: “Prayer in an intimate conversation with God—real, demanding, loving, and engaged conversation between a real person and...
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Flashback Friday – Sometimes We Need Help
This past Wednesday we had ISU Wesley alum Jeff speak. He spoke about mental health and our everyday encounters with it. First we heard about struggles he had growing up, trying to please and control...
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Think About It Thursday – God In Play
Last night’s service provided us with the opportunity to find rest in the midst of everything. During the last few weeks of the semester, when the work seems never-ending and we seem to be running a...
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Fall 2018 Rewind
It’s hard to believe that the Fall semester is over and we’re only 6 days away from Christmas! My name is Erik Slingerland, and I’m in my second year serving as the intern at Merge. This semester...
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Prayer Room Revelations: Reality > Expectations
I have always been an avid perfectionist and a strategic procrastinator. So often I would work on projects and my mom would remind me of the K.I.S.S method–Keep It Simple, Stupid–as I tried to do...
View ArticleO it chases me down, fights til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine
When I was interviewing for a leadership team position, Luke and Roxy asked me why I am passionate about Merge. And sure, there are the people, the music, the prayer room, the free food, and the comfy...
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“If you make an observation then you have an obligation”-MK Asante Jr.
Music is a constant in our lives, whether we ask for it or not. It is playing in every convenience store, in the background of every movie, and on many awkward elevator rides. People walk around the...
View ArticleWhat I learned on Spring Break is….
Now that we are back from Dade City, here is a list of the serious and not-so-serious lessons we learned on our journey My music taste in junior high sucked There is no limit to the amount of puns and...
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How My Summerge Went
Summer Merge, or SumMerge as we’ve been calling it, started out as a way to keep students connected to one another over the summer. A handful of students stay in town every summer, and we wanted to...
View ArticleMerge Will Stand Tall This Fall And Beyond
By: Sam Erickson The words I have been using are “cautiously optimistic”. The Covid-19 pandemic has consumed the minds of the globe. Right here in Illinois, the number of cases is up to 138,540, and...
View ArticleMinistry In The Middle Of A Pandemic
By: Greta Long Ministry in the middle of a pandemic is hard. Not being able to engage with people in person, getting to go “grab coffee” or even being able to worship in person can make interacting...
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Prayer Room Revelations: Reality > Expectations
I have always been an avid perfectionist and a strategic procrastinator. So often I would work on projects and my mom would remind me of the K.I.S.S method–Keep It Simple, Stupid–as I tried to do...
View ArticleO it chases me down, fights til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine
When I was interviewing for a leadership team position, Luke and Roxy asked me why I am passionate about Merge. And sure, there are the people, the music, the prayer room, the free food, and the comfy...
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