INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY Countryside Community Church follows the lead of Omaha Public Schools (OPS) in determining whether to close for inclement weather. Daytime Events and Activities: If OPS cancels in-person […]
Each January, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Mary Schmich invites her readers to pick a guiding word for the year—an idea that came from a reader named Mae. Mary is clear […]
Being married to a marriage-and-family therapist doesn’t necessarily fix things. It isn’t like my wife Jen has some magical pixie dust to toss into the air. But one of the […]
ARI SHAPIRO, NPR Host: Jews, Muslims and Christians typically worship at separate institutions. In Omaha, Neb., the Tri-Faith Initiative works to close that gap, both physically and spiritually. Now its […]
“The Wait is Over” LOVE is here—for the world, for the universe that holds all things together. Love is here for the broken, the strong, the oppressed, and their oppressors. […]
Luke’s gospel records that shepherds were watching over their flocks by night, and suddenly, the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angels said, “Do not be afraid; for […]
At Countryside, we tend to say that we know and love a God who gets us, who entered the human story, embodied what it means to experience the breadth of […]
Then we followed the “little girl,” teenaged Mary. As if on reality TV, we put a camera in her face; beside her pillow, in the quiet of her mind, in […]
One of my favorite authors and teachers, Barbara Brown Taylor, writes in her book “Learning to Walk in the Dark because God often Shows up at Night,” about her experiences […]
Had your fill of Christmas carols yet? Are you sated with unholy Muzak versions of “O Holy Night”? Do you wish “O Come, All Ye Faithful” would just go away? […]
