Immanuel and our community have their own “Unexpected” stories of God showing up and showing out in breathtaking experiences of holy encounters. Contributors can be any age and do not need to be a seasoned writer, poet, artist, photographer, etc. We just want your honest, heartfelt creative expressions of a time when God showed up in an unexpected way. Each year as I turn the pages of our Advent guide, it is a witness to God’s works in our lives. If you want to contribute, co

What if we paid attention to the creative ways God speaks to us? What God says is powerful alone but have we considered the multiple ways God delivers the message? That alone adds curiosity and dimension to what God says to us.

In all of our Semi-quincentennial celebrations across the USA, be led by a deeper melody of God’s enduring love that has coursed through all our times. This song of God’s holy love reminds us, defines us, and connects us in the most unifying party songs of our lives. This kind of song overflows from sea to shining sea, coursing around and through the globe in all humanity.