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Psalm 96:3 (NLT) “Publish his glorious deeds…”

Someone once said that if you want to change people, write a speech, but if you want to change a society, write a book. A book is a portable, traveling change agent. It is an experience that transcends not only physical walls but also the walls of the heart. Books evoke emotion, they help us see things from a new perspective, they touch our hearts. 

And that’s what we hope to do with Hillside Publishing: create books that are unique to Church on the Hill, books that can reach outside of an experience or worship service that only happens here, and books that go beyond the inside of the church to reach the insides of people—within the church and beyond.

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Calling for Stories of Hope

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Hillside Publishing is seeking testimonies for a new book this spring, titled Our God Did Not Fail. 

Within our church family are countless stories of redemption, healing, and rescue, and we believe that sharing these stories will help spread hope. (And we could all use more of that!) 

If you have a testimony you’d like to be included, please email it (2,000 words or less) to hillside@cothva.com. Please reach out also if you need help converting your story into written form.

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The Stories That Make Us

Practicing the Parables of Jesus

During His time on Earth, Jesus tended to mystify—the religious authorities, His countrymen, even His closest friends. He often defied their expectations: walking on water, sleeping through storms, ministering to children and Samaritans, and in the ultimate twist, giving Himself up to be crucified. He spoke of an otherworldly kingdom, of loving enemies, of losing life to find it—all confounding and seemingly impossible concepts, told with the command: “Follow Me.”

But Jesus’s teachings, given in the form of relatable and practical stories, or parables, often deepen the mystery rather than clarify it. These multilayered stories unnerve, perplex, and attract people from all walks of life—in the ancient world and today. Like Jesus’s first followers, we often only brush the surface, missing out on the deeper meanings and transformative power within them.

For those of us who have heard and read these parables before, The Stories That Make Us summons us to sit again at the feet of Jesus, perhaps understanding—hearing, doing, changing—for the first time. For both those who are new to these stories and those revisiting them, this book is the opportunity to meet both the Storyteller and the Hero of the Story. “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did” (John 4:29).

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