Do you love Truly’s content meetings? Yeah? Then we KNOW you’ll love this new opportunity! Fun things are ahead! We wanted to connect with YOU on a more personal level and have more in-depth discussions around some of the content we publish in our magazines. We’re launching a new online event called Truly Talks. […]
What We Know for Sure By Deidre Braley How can we deal with uncertainty in our lives when fear is taunting us from every angle? We curl up into the arms of God our Father, who promises that he will carry us, bear us, and rescue us. Though the future is uncertain, God’s compassion, rescue, […]
Living with Certain Uncertainties By Shiloh Gideon-Sjostrom “See you later,” my friend said. “God willing,” I responded. She turned around and gave me a strange look before leaving. I had repeated the “God willing” response to good-bye the way I had done all my life. That happened more than twenty-five years ago. I had just […]
What Makes Prayer Powerful by Elle Stahlhut Roetzel What does powerful prayer look like? Would you feel the earth shake? Would your enemies fall to the ground? Would a booming voice come out of heaven saying, “I have heard you. Now step aside as I perform everything that you just asked?” We all long for […]
Feminine Hygiene Training in Nepal by Rachel Skoog Christmastime 2017, I sat on the couch, drinking a large mug of steaming chai tea, chatting with my friend Hannah. Hannah is from Nepal and grew up in a hostel where she and hundreds of other young girls received education, food, and the hope of the Gospel. […]
Activate Hope through Goal Setting by Adriel Anderson Have you ever considered how the placebo effect points to tangible consequences of hope? When the simple belief that you’ve received effective treatment (when you haven’t!) leads to actual improvement, it’s clear that hope changes things. Researchers have even found that high-hope people experience more happiness, have […]
Shedding the Shackles of Unconscious Bias by Shiloh Gideon-Sjostrom There was a dramatic moment in the college class I was teaching. We had been discussing bias, racism, and ethnocentrism when a student stood up and gave the rest of us his opinion on the matter. “Why do we need to talk about this over and […]
By Jodie May I quit Facebook, and I am much happier. Sure, social media can be exciting. But it can also create poor habits and grow into your source of dopamine, the “feel-good hormone.” It can become your outlet to find joy, and eventually, it corrupts your idea of what joy means. In light of […]