Colin Sherfield

I’ve often fallen into the trap of thinking I need to live my life in a way that makes me more worthy of God’s love. I fill my calendar, check the boxes, and work harder, all while forgetting that God isn’t calling me to prove my worth through productivity. He invites me into relationship—to be still, know Him, and follow where His Spirit leads.

“Give us eyes to see and ears to hear” is a prayer my friend (and our Executive Director), Colin, has prayed numerous times over the past three years I have known him. And he’s prayed it over me within the groups he and I have been a part of – small group, congregation, youth group, teens and leaders… and, now, as part of the Good Neighbor Network Board and our microchurch, Cultivate. ​ As my family and I relocated to Battle Creek in 2023, the Lord gave me eyes to see on one particular...