Jenni and her beloved husband agree it is important for them to invite others to join them on their journey as her husband…
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We need the endurance to finish a race well, and that includes our lifelong journey of faith, obedience and love. I’m strengthened to know that…
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God uses disappointments in powerful ways in our lives if we receive them! As I type this, I’m facing some disappointment in…
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Escape. Vacation. Getting away from it ALL! Life sometimes feels like too much, doesn’t it? I mean, the pressures of ministry, financial burdens…
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A friend of mine shared about a painful disappointment in her marriage. Seems that her husband had planned a day trip…
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Have you ever, like me, had the humbling experience to realize that a certain electrical gadget or appliance wasn’t broken but…
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Most of us love a great relationship story. It might be a romantic movie like “While You Were Sleeping”, or a soul-knot friendship like…
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I am drawn to Ellen for many reasons, but at the top of my list is that she shares powerful truths sheathed in kindness and love. Her writing is conversational. She pulls…
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We joked, and we jostled. We swam with a dolphin and snorkeled with a turtle. We danced the macarena. Some of us sang karaoke. Our younger…
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Orphaned at age seven and then adopted by a cruel distant cousin, Jane had often known deep distress in her life but rarely…
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I guess I could blame it on my daughter. She put the idea in my head. It all started when I texted my two girls, asking them to pray…
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In the wake of the multiple losses, a crisis can bring—jobs and businesses lost, loved ones removed by distance or death, long-anticipated joys…
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Traversing the road of recovery often feels like walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Each journey is complex…
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Whether the crisis comes in the form of a wildfire roaring down the mountain or a river rising near your home, whether the crisis comes…
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Have you ever experienced fear, the kind of fear that follows terrifying changes in your life or the gnawing, grinding every minute of everyday…
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