Monthly Blog – Side by Side Ministries

Holy Spirit Snowmelt System

Monthly Blog, Tim's WritingsFebruary 18, 2026183Views 2Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE If you didn’t know, my family are transplants from West Michigan. Holland, Michigan to be more precise. This spring will be 16 years since we’ve called Iowa home. As much as we love Le Mars, naturally, there are some things we miss about Holland. One thing is something called the Snowmelt…

CommUNITY

Monthly Blog, Relationships, Tim's WritingsJanuary 20, 2026268Views 4Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE Normally at church on Sundays, I like to sit up closer to the stage. I prefer this for a few reasons, When I’m up close, I feel like I’m immersed in the worship. The beat of the worship in my chest, the lights circling around, and because there are no empty…

Reflections

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogDecember 13, 2025349Views 0Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN I’m definitely not one to make New Year Resolutions. I’m not going to break my streak now. What I do like to do is look back on the year and see how I have changed, what I have learned, what I am bringing into the new year and what I do…

For This Reason

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogNovember 26, 2025338Views 0Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN For this reason I bow my knees before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in…

Always Unchanging

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogNovember 17, 2025336Views 1Like 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN (The everlasting I Am) John 8:48-59 The always, never-ending consistency of the Lord is a hard concept for our finite minds to wrap around. It’s one of those things we accept by faith even as it is incomprehensible… this is the SOP of the Lord and His righteousness. Jesus said, “Truly,…

Like-Minded

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogOctober 15, 2025323Views 0Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN 1Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride,…

The Soils

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogSeptember 24, 2025372Views 1Like 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN Based on Revelation 19:6-8, this year we are exploring how the Believer’s righteous acts cover us in Christ’s righteousness and represent our Savior to the world. Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come…

Monthly Blog: Sufficient Grace

Monthly BlogSeptember 8, 2025345Views 0Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:1-10, NIV) When we are in the weeds, or our life is a pile of broken dreams, or we have a physical infirmity that steals our hope, this scripture has the…

Monthly Blog: Unwavering

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogAugust 13, 2025851Views 0Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN Jesus Christ (God) is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8, NIV) So, when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is…

Monthly Blog: It Is Well

Michele's Writings, Monthly BlogJuly 9, 2025606Views 0Likes 0Comments

WRITTEN BY MICHELE HANSEN Life is full of the hard and tragic. As human beings, we all have experienced hardship in one form or another. I can honestly say at this point in my life, I have had hard and tragic, but it may not be the hard and tragic others have had. But we…