When Life Silences Your Song

When Life Silences Your Song Fighting Your Battles with Praise by Leslie McLeod Why is it when we try our hardest to do the right thing, it seems to go sideways? Like getting everyone to church without drama. That shouldn’t be too tough, right? Not so. I’m convinced the enemy stays up late Saturday nights, […]

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What’s Beauty Got to Do With It?

What’s Beauty Got to Do With It? Enjoying Life in a Dying World by Deidre Braley What’s the purpose of enjoying life in this dying world?  I asked myself this question over and over again last year as I watched my mother-in-law battle cancer. If all of our lives come down to this same single […]

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How to Battle Imposter Syndrome

How to Battle Imposter Syndrome: A Reminder That God Makes Us ‘Enough’ by Lori Ann Wood The first contest I ever won involved a tiny clay dog sculpture I crafted in a summer art class and submitted to our county fair the following fall. My seven-year-old self was shocked to receive a prize. After all, […]

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Just an Ordinary Woman

Just an Ordinary Woman: Finding Abundance in Our Everyday Talents by Cara Blondo She was just an ordinary woman with ordinary talents. Yet these seemingly average talents impacted the lives around her so extraordinarily that, upon her death, friends stood around her weeping. Who was this woman? Her name was Tabitha (she was also known […]

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Called to Create

Called to Create: A Prayer for Creatives by ChanMi Jung Pyles Heavenly Father, the Giver of all good and perfect things, we thank you for your gift of creativity that you freely gift to us.  We were created in the image of you, the Maker of all things, to reflect your joyous, wondrous creativity.  When […]

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