by Amanda West | Mar 3, 2025 | Stories
Courtney Clardy awoke before her alarm clock. All five of her children were still sleeping, but there was another child who needed her. She quietly settled into the dining room chair and reviewed the chart she’d brought home from the Vanderbilt Urgent Care Clinic...
by Amanda West | Mar 3, 2025 | Stories
Jeremy Smith, the lead pastor of The Experience Community Church’s (ECC) Shelbyville campus, has dedicated his life to serving both his faith and his community. Married to his wife, Kelly, for nearly 15 years, together they embrace the joys and challenges of a blended...
by Amanda West | Mar 3, 2025 | Stories
JFigurines from your favorite games and movies, such as “Dungeons & Dragons,” “Star Wars,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” alongside colorful backpacks adorned with iconic characters, such as Barbie and Harry Potter, awaken your inner child as you gaze through the...
by Wesley Bryant | Jan 11, 2025 | Stories
A nurse walked down the hallway his mother walked decades before he did. Beep … beep … he could hear the sounds from patients’ rooms. He kept a small keepsake pinned to his scrubs, a pin his mother gave him when he graduated nursing school. She had once worn the same...
by Amanda West | Jan 11, 2025 | Stories
Mackenzie Respress “kneaded” a way to nurture herself during a turbulent time in her life, so she turned to the art of baking sourdough. As her confidence in the kitchen rose, along with her sourdough starter that she affectionately named “Sally,” so did the requests...
by Amanda West | Jan 11, 2025 | Stories
Amy Neese Jones grabs her buzzing phone from her purse and presses the answer button. Before the “hello” brushes her lips, a dear friend on the other end unravels a series of heartfelt pleas. “My wife has been in the hospital recovering from pneumonia. If I can get...
