Good Things Grow Here | by Miranda M. Bell

At the Nest, I have adopted an unofficial tagline that says, “good things grow here”, meaning that we are a place that bears good fruit and sees harvest in the lives of the families we serve. While this is good to think about in theory (and pat ourselves on the back...

Your Name Is Not Your Identity | By Miranda M. Bell

If you’ve spent time in Sunday School, you’ve probably read (or at least heard) about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  If you’ve never read it, here are the cliff’s notes.   In this Old Testament bible story, King Nebuchadnezzar set up an idol and commanded that all...

Gracious Words

/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/honeycomb-197×300.jpg After much time spent with teens it can become apparent that words they use, words their friends use, or words they hear directed toward them are far from gracious. Some of this is due to their raging hormones and...

Future Family by Melissa Thigpen

Have you ever heard the phrase, “we make plans and God laughs”? At nineteen years old I sat in the backyard of my parents home dumbfounded over how quickly an entire life of plans could change. A week earlier my boyfriend, who I had been dating on and off for the past...