Posts in ✝️Spiritual Life
Seasons of Transition
Seasons of Transition

Everyone has a favorite season, and, for me, fall and spring are at the top of my list. I love camping in the fall and cooking chili or a cobbler in the dutch oven over an open fire. I love watching the leaves change colors and begin to cover the ground. It also means sweater weather has arrived! My favorite season is probably spring, though, because it represents new life and I love all of the green and everything beginning to bloom. My husband and I love to go hiking in the spring in the Sipsey Wilderness. It is known as the “land of 100 waterfalls” and they flow so well after the spring rains.

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📣A Word From Admin, ✝️Spiritual LifeEIC NSA2024-2025, December 2024 Publication
The Media We Consume
The Media We Consume

...Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. (NIV Bible, 1 Kings 19.11-19.12)

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🔎Informational, 🗣️Advice, ✝️Spiritual Life, PopularEIC NSA2024-2025, December 2024 Publication
The Word Weaver
The Word Weaver

 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (New International Version, John 1:1-5).

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✝️Spiritual Life, 🗣️Advice, PopularEIC NSA2024-2025, October 2024 Publication
Bringing the Z
Bringing the Z

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

I do not know if you had previously heard the news about the fox and the dog, but this is a sentence I learned as a young child. Now I have heard and read lots of sentences in my lifetime, of course, but there is a reason that I have remembered this one when so many others have, as poet laureate Billy Collins once put it, "retired to that little fishing village in my brain" to be remembered no more.

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✝️Spiritual Life, 📣A Word From AdminEIC NSA2023-2024, April 2024 Publication
How the Reformation Changed Education
How the Reformation Changed Education

Education is a big topic of debate. Whether it’s going to school full-time, part-time, or being fully homeschooled, you have probably heard your family discuss the topic of school. It is a major part of children's lives. It is essential that a person's education is solid. A biblical education is also important, but how did Christian schools come to be? How did the Reformation play a part in that?

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Popular, ✝️Spiritual Life, 🔎InformationalEIC NSA2023-2024, April 2024 Publication
A Community of Christ-Followers
A Community of Christ-Followers

At NorthStar Academy, students have the choice to join a wide variety of clubs - nine to be exact. One club, the Bible Club, is rather popular among NSA Students. This club discusses everything Bible-related and has caused many NSA Students to experience growth of some sort. This article will provide background information and current data about the Bible Club as well as information regarding the content within the club, the growth of the club leaders, and the plans for the club’s future. 

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✝️Spiritual Life, 🏘️ClubsEIC NSA2023-2024, April 2024 Publication
Living Secure: How to Have Peace In Times of Chaos
Living Secure: How to Have Peace In Times of Chaos

Waves cascaded over the small cracked wooden boat, which keeled under the weight of the breakers. Salt water filled the men’s nostrils, and heavy rain splattered onto their already soaked tunics. “Turn the boat!” screamed a man with brown curly hair and flashing eyes. Although he had screamed with all his strength, his voice was picked up by the wind and carried far away, tossed on the waves and drowned in the sound of cracking thunder. A huge lightning bolt raced across the sky, followed by a split of thunder that seemed to come from the heavens themselves.

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Popular, ✝️Spiritual Life, 🗣️AdviceEIC NSAJanuary 2024 Publication, 2023-2024
The Story of Serving Selflessly
The Story of Serving Selflessly

Have you ever dreamed of making a difference in the world? Well, that's what Cora and her family do. They live in Mexico and work with an organization that helps orphans and orphanages and have lived there since Cora was six years old. At the orphanages, her family sponsors children and works with the organization to better the environment for the children.

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Popular, 👤NSA People, ✝️Spiritual LifeEIC NSA2023-2024, October 2023 Publication
A Catalyst for Joy
A Catalyst for Joy

For the last couple of months, I have been focusing on Psalm 16, specifically verses 2 and 11. I want to share what God has been impressing upon my heart. I love that when God wants to teach us something, He often does so in multiple ways. Does it excite you when God connects ideas, people, and themes in your life? Jesus seems to be weaving a theme of “abundant joy” in my life. True and unexplainable joy comes from a relationship with Jesus.

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📣A Word From Admin, ✝️Spiritual LifeEIC NSA2023-2024, October 2023 Publication
The Simple Beauty: What NorthStar Teachers Have to Say About Obedience
The Simple Beauty: What NorthStar Teachers Have to Say About Obedience

Picture this: you are sitting at church on a bright Sunday morning. The strong scent of the older woman’s perfume in front of you is tickling your nose. You are begging your stomach to stop gurgling so loudly that the people in front of you turn their heads. The pastor has reached the final five minutes of his sermon. He is giving the congregation final reminders for the week. Loving others, reading your Bible, and obeying God. Wait a second, obeying God? You question in your mind, How in the world am I supposed to obey a distant creator? What possible directions could he have for me? Why would he even need to concern himself with my obedience? Well, NorthStar Bible teachers and spiritual leaders answered this in the hopes of bringing students closer to God and giving younger generations a deeper understanding of God. 

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Popular, 👤NSA People, ✝️Spiritual Life, 🗣️AdviceEIC NSA2023-2024, October 2023 Publication