Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: May 9, 2012
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Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: April 10, 2012
BY ASHLEY RHUDE Three weeks ago, I attended the funeral of a 66-year-old man – a husband, a mentor to many and the father of my best friend. He passed unexpectedly when an emergency surgery took a bad turn and my friend wasn’t able to get home in time to say goodbye. I’ll never forget [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: March 6, 2012
BY MONICA TAYLOR While driving with the radio on, a song I had never heard by Steven Curtis Chapman began playing and it captured my full attention. This song is called “Long Way Home.” The tune is uplifting and I swayed to the music in my car knowing full well that I probably looked like some kind [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: February 15, 2012
BY JONATHAN DEGLER Before I met Joe McAlpine, the new children’s pastor at Northview Church’s Carmel campus, I heard that he was exactly like the former children’s pastor, Joe McGinnis. Both men are bald, have young children and even share the same first name. After meeting McAlpine, though, I’m certain that he is a man [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: January 22, 2012
by Monica Taylor Are you ever afraid? Of course you are. I get afraid more often than I care to admit and I must say, it oftentimes seems to be about some the silliest things.. such as that spider on the wall (uckkk!), whether China will take over our economy, whether social security be there [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: January 2, 2012
by Sherron Franklin A New Year’s resolution is a positive commitment that an individual makes to one or more personal goals, projects or to the reforming of a habit. Have you ever stopped to think, “What is a New Year’s Resolution? Why do we make them? Should we make them? What is the history of [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: January 1, 2012
by Erin Monahan Stauffer Whenever I don’t know the answer to a question that one of my children asks, I tap my index finger on my lips, then look up quizzically and say, “I’ll have to Google that.” I admit that I probably say it more often than I should. In fact, it’s already become [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 31, 2011
by Glenn Toren Learn how to play the guitar? Check, check. Get in the best shape of my life? Yup. Learn Spanish? …um…Si! Play something other than “Be Still My Soul” on the piano? Sure. Write more family letters? Easily done. My list could go on and on but you get the idea. I can [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 28, 2011
by Diana Gorin “Girls, quit studying and come downstairs!” This is a phrase I hardly ever hear in my household. She doesn’t need to say it again. It’s 9:31; we were late. My sister and I sprint down the stairs in a semi-playfully competitive nature. But we both know deep down that only one of [...]
