Stories of Others Living Deeply
At Cedar Springs, we see you – and we’re with you. We know what it’s like to be overwhelmed with the hurriedness of life. We also understand the feeling deep inside you for something deeper than you’re settling for now. In fact, we believe God created us for those deeper things, and we want to help you discover them.
Below are a series of stories from people right here at Cedar Springs. Some come from great experiences while others were walking through hard times. The unifying thread through all of them is a life living deeply in pursuit of Jesus.
I’m CSPC’s Alison Fleetwood. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “I wasn’t sure what was going on in my body last summer, but it was clear something was deeply, desperately wrong. After 11 hours in the ER (my doctor had sent me there), I was finally put in a room just...
We’re Janel & Abigail Tardy. Here’s how we’re living deeply. Abigail: “I felt like there was a fire coming out from the inside of me. It was a powerful night of worship on one of our CSPC Rejoice Youth Choir tours close to a decade ago, and just about every...
I’m Cedar Springs Weekday School Assistant Director Annie McDaniel. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “I was babysitting before I could drive, volunteering in the nursery at church in middle school, watching siblings of teammates while my brother played baseball. I always had a pull toward kids, even before I knew...
I’m Laura Hills. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “I grew up in Leeds, England, believing in the Big Bang and reading my horoscope, and somehow also believing there was something -someone- behind it all. I just didn’t have a name for it. My mum was raised Methodist- but in our...
I’m CSPC member Megan Hubbard. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “For nine months, I knowingly disobeyed the Lord. I heard [CSPC Director of Special Needs Ministry] Mary Kendall Akers stand up in church and share about the opportunities to serve with the Special Needs Ministry, and it was in that...
I’m CSPC Elementary Ministry Associate Erin Chivers. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “When I was 18, I knew exactly what my life was going to look like. I was going to be a professional ballerina. I’d been serious about ballet my whole life, and there was this Christian dance company...
I’m CSPC member Dick Bennett. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “I came home for lunch one day during graduate school at the University of Illinois, and there it was. Sitting on the dining room table. My roommate Steve Hardcastle had gotten up and left before I did that morning, and he’d written out Paul’s prayer...
We’re Ryan and Jessica Hubbard. Here’s an update on how God’s enabling our family to live deeply. Jessica: Deacon asked me about Heaven. ‘Does Jesus still have scars on his hands there? And if there’s no pain in Heaven, does that mean my muscles will work?’ Deacon, our son, is 7. He has Duchenne muscular...
I’m Kelly Robinson. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “At first, you tend to think you’re helping them- ‘Oh, I’m giving of my time and leaning into God’s call to be generous. I’m helping these women.’ But the reality is- the Lord is working on you. At least that’s been the case for me in my...
I’m CSPC English Language Learners (ELL) Director Buzzy Harvey. Here’s how I’m living deeply. “I was five years old the first time a seed for China was planted in my heart. We were at a Christian family camp in upstate New York, and one evening during the weeklong camp, a...