Thrive

Voices

The Very Rev’d Dr. Stephen Hance

June 11, 2024

“What is it that we’re offering which nobody else is? It’s the opportunity to engage with God, to discover God, to be found by God in Christ.” 


Dr. James Paton

May 28, 2024

“Instead of having a big guess for what we should do next, we kind of wait, and when something lands on our plate, then we’re like, Lord, is this it? And off we go…” 


John Wayne McMann

May 6, 2024

“And if we can have those high expectations, then God is going to lead us and guide us in places where we get to experience healing of all kinds and crazy ministry opportunities.” 


Shivraj Mahendra

April 10, 2024

Jesus appeared to Shivraj in a light so bright that he couldn’t really look at it. A clear voice came out from the human-shaped light and said, “I am the resurrection and life. If you believe in me, you’ll never die. And even if you die, you will live again.”


Bonnie Solivan

March 26, 2024

Finding Peace Bonnie Solivan, a proud “Nuyorican” – a term denoting a Puerto Rican residing in New York City – has a unique journey shaped by her parents’ missionary work across diverse locations such as […]


Yamilka Sena

March 11, 2024

The more Yamilka walked with God and engaged with people, the more she was shown that she was more than a teacher and a counselor – she was someone who preached the Word and helped lead others to Christ.


Gabriella Black

March 4, 2024

Gabby felt the presence of God tangibly as she was singing. After her performance, non-believing professors asked her voice teacher, “What was that? That was different. I have never heard her sound like that before.”


Penny Hammond

February 26, 2024

No Matter What, God is With You Penny grew up in Tennessee as one of seven children raised by her single mother and her grandmother. “I always remember my grandma saying, ‘No matter what, God […]


Daphne Stephens

February 19, 2024

As Daphne cried and poured out her heart, the chaplain just listened. “There was such a peace in the room like I had never experienced in my life,” Daphne says.


Stacey McDonald

February 12, 2024

Stacey, who is now a school psychologist and mental health speaker and writer, wasn’t thinking about psychology then. “I did not become aware of mental health at that point; I became aware of what was all demons and devils.”