by Ben Smith | Aug 26, 2026 | Story Formed
I didn’t grow up in a loving home, and I only went to church with my grandparents. I only went with them because it meant I got to spend the night at their house (my safe place) on Saturday night. I had my first encounter with Jesus in about 6th grade, and sadly...
by Heather Utley | Jul 29, 2025 | Story Formed
One of the greatest times of repentance I have ever had happened when I was in Mongolia. MY wife Alison wanted to be a missionary, but I really didn’t. So we set out on a one year adventure, that in my mind meant we were getting missions out of our system....
by Heather Utley | Jul 29, 2025 | Story Formed
I grew up in Corpus Christi, the youngest of three sisters. My family attended the Methodist Church sporadically, but I recall we never missed an Easter or Christmas service. I especially loved the Christmas Eve service & felt such a sense of love, peace, &...
by Heather Utley | Jul 29, 2025 | Story Formed
I am the son of a salesman from a small town in East Texas, Ken, and a banker from a slightly larger small town in East Texas, Catherine. I grew up in a nominally Christian home (Christmas & Easter kind of people) until my dad rededicated his life to Christ while...
by Heather Utley | Jul 29, 2025 | Story Formed
I grew up in a Christian home, with parents who love and follow the Lord, and was in church as early as I can remember. Church was always one of the places I felt most at home. I accepted Christ when I was 7, and the conversation came from asking my mom about the...
by The Park | Jun 24, 2025 | Story Formed
Creation / Beginning I grew up in a loving, faith-filled family. My dad was a Southern Baptist Minister of Music, which meant church wasn’t just part of our lives — it was our life. The classic Baptist joke about my upbringing is that I had a drug problem: I was...
