Finding Peace in His Presence Making God Your Dwelling Place by Dr. Gladys Childs The week before my brother died, I was reminded of our longing for a place of peace—a place where we can dwell securely—just as God invites us to dwell in His presence. As cancer burned through his body, my brother […]
When the Smoke Clears Trusting God After Trauma by Eileen VandenBerg Fingers interlaced around my knees, I sat on the rough, low-quality, barely padded carpet of the corner bedroom. Darkness surrounded me, and quiet sobs convulsed my body. Two of my girls slept peacefully—their contented chests rising and falling—in the beds just a few […]
Winning the Battle Against Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder How a Deeper Understanding of the Gospel Helped Me Combat OCD by Brynn Lee My mind was my safe place—a refuge where I could go when I wanted to pull away from the noise of life and retreat to the quietness that contemplation and reflection promised. In this […]
A Fresh Perspective Jesus’s Invitation to Purpose and Fruitfulness in the Mundane by Julie Klein My gaze continues to stretch upward. My eyes settle upon a giant standing guard over my neighborhood nature trail—a living organism puzzled together by millions of cellulose fibers. It is a massive tree, expansive enough to support a substantial […]
And All the Doubters Prayed, “Help My Unbelief!” The Believer’s Guide to Seasons of Doubt by Adelaide Mitchell “Mom, what if there is no God?” My almost-teenaged son seems to save the heaviest questions for my nighttime routine of kissing him good night. You might think my reaction would be one of sorrow, disappointment, […]
Breadcrumbs from God How God Rescued Me from the Wilderness by Tera Balog “Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” —James 1:21 The movement away from being aligned with God’s truth was gradual and deceptive, and before I knew it, I had spent over twenty years in a wilderness […]
Why I Can’t Get Enough of Mentoring God Brings Us Alongside Another Woman to Show Her She’s Not Alone by Sue Donaldson I was in my early twenties. As a new college grad starting my first whirl into the real work world, I was single and facing my career as a high school teacher. […]
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 […]
This issue’s theme, Create, is intended to help you to reflect on God our Creator as well as on your own identity as a created masterpiece. […]
Healing doesn’t have to look the way everyone thinks or imagines it should look. It could be tiny steps each day. Healing isn’t always a straight-line process, but we can go to the Father every day to ask him for help, knowing he is with us on our… […]