This post is by Cindy Chen.

Recently I attended a conference for lay leaders hosted by my home church. I had been battling a feeling of being ashamed for my lack: my lack of time, my lack of intentionality, and my lack of discipline. I saw...

This post is by Jen Stanbro.

It fairly breaks my heart when I hear someone say, “God didn’t answer my prayer.” 

It makes me feel as though God is a parent who gives His beloved the silent treatment in response to our...

 This post is by Deb Alexander.

I mentor a young woman who is a mama to two littles. She is also a wife, a sister, a daughter, a friend, and a student. 

The last time we met, she mentioned that she had been trying to sit down with...

This post is by Gianna Kordatzky.

Two years ago we got a dog.  A dog is an adventure that we didn’t understand when we decided we needed one for our family. 

And need one we did.  Our son’s epilepsy caused...

This post is by Jen Stanbro.

Growing up in the church, I was often instructed that giving God my time was important. So I did with fair regularity in my young adult and teen years. But as life got busier, I struggled to carve out time for...

This post is by Jenn Kokal.

Do you ever find yourself in a slump?

Perhaps you suddenly realize how messy your house is, how you’re constantly running late, or how you just can’t seem to wake up early enough to read your Bible. It...

This post is by Jen Stanbro.

Just before my first born came into the world, I began reading up on breast-feeding. There are so many incredible nods to God’s awesomeness in the way He carefully designed nursing to be a special time...

This post is by Cheryl Gilbert.

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me…and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”...

This post is by Sabeth Kapahu.

We can practice all the spiritual disciplines, apply our therapist’s advice, and produce better results for those we help, but can we do all of these without ever having loved? Have we experienced...

This post is by Martha Buford.

It happened slowly, ever so slowly. If I had not been looking for it, I might not have seen it. I did not notice any difference at first, but then one day there it was, there was room to move in my once skintight...