It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in May. The year was 2006. I was at a women’s retreat in the southeastern part of Minnesota. The focus of the retreat was spiritual, physical and mental health. The presenter was talking about depression and suicide. There was a knock on the meeting room door and someone got…
Author: Lori McCormick
Lori was born and raised on a farm in eastern Iowa, the oldest of seven kids. Her mom was faithful in taking the kids to church every Sunday and worked hard to have the church rules followed. But it wasn’t until a move to Minnesota in 2003 brought Lori and her husband Denny to Friendship Church and the Alpha Course that the pieces of the puzzle came together, and Lori came to faith in Jesus as her Lord and Savior. In November of 2004 she started on staff and currently serves as the Connections Director. Denny and Lori have 3 kids, 1 son-in-law and 3 awesome grandkids. Lori enjoys time with family and friends, gardening, sports (especially pickleball), warm weather and helping in the family business.
Love Strangers
The word hospitality invokes many different ideas, thoughts and expectations. As you think about this word what comes to your mind? Do you have pictures of being invited to your friends’ home where you are met at the door? Is the home sparkling clean? Is it beautiful? Does it look like it could be featured…