
What to Do If People Keep Telling You to Write Your Story
I often hear from readers that they've sensed a nudge to write. So I asked my dear friend, Margaret Feinberg, a writing muse for many, to...
The Broken Sunflower
When things break in our lives sometimes we have no choice but to throw them away and move on. Then there are the startling moments, when...
The Present of Presence
It can be hard to know how to help when someone we care about is suffering. Vivian Mabuni points us to the present of presence. Elisa The...
Joy In-Between
What are you waiting for? And how well are you doing at waiting in your wait? Life is really one wait after another. Read on as Amanda...
The Art of Adjustment
We've all been there: in a moment when we couldn't find the right words to say so we said the wrong ones. Nicole Unice helps peel back to...
Finding a Home that Lasts
I've always loved the way Eugene Peterson paraphrases John 15:4, "Make your home in me just as I do in you." It's such a powerful...
When Fear Hits My Heart
Kelly Balarie describes a scene just about all of us have lived through. Read on and discover that healing for your rejected soul is...
Spring Juggling Guide
Finding yourself huffing and puffing as you juggle this end-of-the-school-year season? Read on as Alexandra Kuykendall nudges us to love...
What's A Woman To Do?
How old are you? In body? In soul? Yeah ... the answer can sneak up and surprise us, can't it? Jennifer Grant muses over the unexpected...
Questions and More Questions for God
All of us can struggle with wanting answers to our "why's." For that matter, for our "what's," "who's," "when's" and "how's" as well!...
Why Our Sin Makes Us Perfect for God
What qualifies any human being to become a disciple of Jesus? Likely, it's not what you're thinking! Read on as my friend, Leslie Leyland...
Just Keep Walking
He is risen! Now what? Living in the light of the resurrection, we are filled with hope and power. Except when we get stuck on the "can't...
The Language of Lament
There's a time to weep. And yet, often I hold the tears back, rejecting their cleansing pour. In her blog this week, my new friend, Amy...
The Faith of a Crocus Bulb
Have you been waiting - and waiting - and waiting for spring? For answers to long-offered prayers? For hope to burst forth in bloom? Our...
The Most Important Question
Have you ever been afraid to ask a question because you might look "stupid"? Laura Flanders leads us forward to courageous asking. Elisa...
Swimming Partners
How can sorrow and joy co-exist? In our circumstances? In our souls? Read on as my friend, Leah Robin, leads us to honor both emotions in...
Wooed by Glory
We all struggle with identity - who we are, why we are, and what we have to offer. About the time we start to feel good about ourselves,...
How Disappointment Can Lead Us to Love
Happy Valentine's Day! This day is either a favorite of yours, or the most dreaded day of the year... Depends, doesn't it? This year, on...
Power of Peers
In moments when we feel we're doing life alone, maybe we are. Have you ever considered how you might benefit from mentoring a peer and...




















