Story Team Weekly: Give Us a Miracle, Please
Dear God, give us a MIRACLE, please. This is my prayer. This is what I beg of You. Lindsey Paschal opened her new journal and wrote those honest words just…
Story Team Weekly: “Wherever You Would Call Me”
If things had worked out differently, you might have found Kenny back in his hometown of Corpus Christi, dressed in a stiff suit and tie, maybe in an office with…
Story Team Weekly: The Author and Perfecter
Bitia Buenrostro was born on November 13th, 1984 in the tiny border town of Brownsville, Texas. Much of her youth was spent carpooling back and forth across the border into…
Story Team Weekly: Floored
“God, why did you let me go through this?” Malayia cried out through tears, lying facedown on the floor of her dorm room. “Why have you forgotten about me?” The…
Story Team Weekly: Enslaved to Drugs
It was late, and 21-year-old Alex Scaro didn’t think anyone would be awake to find him strung out in his room. But then Alex’s father opened the door to find…
Story Team Weekly: An Identity in Christ Alone
“I looked for my identity in so many different places.” Joseph remembers being called gay for the first time when he was 13—at a church camp. “It was a devastating…
Story Team Weekly: Fiercely Loved
“I was basically like a sex slave and a mistress for him.” After being exposed to pornography at a young age, Lorraine found herself wanting to live a life of…
Story Team Weekly: Shared Grief
Grief over death is a tricky thing. It is different for everyone. It moves in a unique way in each of our lives. But we all know one thing for…
Story Team Weekly: The Dance
In a small town on the Texas-Mexico border, Matthew Brue stood in the driveway of Shining Light Rehabilitation Ranch and watched his father drive away. Alone at 17, miles away…
Story Team Weekly: Advent Week 4 – God With Us
For this year’s Advent readings at The Austin Stone Community Church, we asked some of our Story Team artists to write poetic prayers that center around the birth of Jesus…