AN AXIS STORY: RYAN

Growing up, Ryan’s favorite part of church was the random days when the kids got to watch Jesus cartoons because it meant free popcorn and watching TV. “I would hide under my bed, I would lock my door, I would fake being sick and come up with any and every excuse to not go.” But in an ironic yet fluid turn of events that only God could be responsible for orchestrating, Ryan’s life went from hiding from church to seeking it out. At an 8th... Read More

THE NEW DIGS (WEBSITE THAT IS…)

What?  I think I just heard Axis has a new website! Yep that’s right. New season. New look. Read More  Read More

“Twenty-Five” by Shauna Niequist

Here are a few thoughts on being twenty-five-ish, some that I knew, because smart older people gave me good advice, and some that I really wish I had known, that those smart older people probably did tell me, and that I lost track of along the way. I know that age is, of course, one of the most arbitrary ways of measuring a person. I have friends in their sixties who continually teach me about discovery and possibility, and friends in their young... Read More

“A MAN WHO CAN MOURN” by David Miller

I like tell myself I am going to read the Bible in a year. After two weeks of not being on course, I decided to pick up on schedule, reading Matthew 5. I couldn’t get past verse 4: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” That was so hard to read. I so badly wanted to shout out at God, “You don’t understand! I have friends that want to end their lives, God! Where is their comfort?! Where is my comfort in that razor blade?!”... Read More