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What Am I Most Afraid Of In This Season?
What am I most afraid of in this current season?
What failure still haunts me? What hardships have made me doubt God’s goodness?
What moment in my past still hurts when it comes to mind?
What am I navigating that feels too hard?
What currently feels entirely out of my control?
What is my last two percent I’m not willing to share with even my closest loved ones? May His lovingkindness demonstrated in the gospel never stop stirring my affection for Him, the God who d

Amanda Rahlf
May 77 min read
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How My Children Taught Me to Love the Earth
As you read this, yesterday was Earth Day. A day I previously gave zero thought to. Like many evangelical Christians, I grew up giving very little thought to the earth - it was merely the backdrop or set God built to place humanity into

Sam Martin
Apr 235 min read
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Lessons in Labor & Birth
As a woman who has experienced both the beauty and the challenge of labor and birth, I can say with certainty that every journey is unique.

Kaitlyn Schaefer
Apr 93 min read
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A Letter to My Lonely and Younger Self
I have a vivid memory of lying in bed, closing a book, and bawling my eyes out. I don’t remember the exact date when this happened.

Amanda Rahlf
Apr 26 min read
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Hidden to Heal
Do you know what it is to be needed in the Kingdom? If God took the time to hide you, He has a need for you for a specific purpose.

Jessica Rucker
Mar 266 min read
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A Large Lunch
We had a version of this conversation every day. She'd pack too much and I'd complain.

Sherry Johnston
Mar 54 min read
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Tale of a Broken Foot
It was the middle of the night and I woke up with the urge to pee. I tried to ignore it because I was nestled warmly in my bed...

Kaitlyn Schaefer
Feb 263 min read
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Submitting to the Shift
“Sit up straight, Jessica!” My mother would often say as she gently touched my back. She was the definition of a true Southern lady. ...

Jessica Rucker
Feb 127 min read
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Cultivating Thankfulness
We’ve reached that time of year where I’m starting to reflect on the last 11 months and look ahead toward the flipping of the page to yet an

Sam Martin
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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She Who Has Ears To Hear
I have a friend whose daughter didn't listen to a thing her frustrated mother said. This otherwise sweet child would flatly ignore her unles

Sherry Johnston
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Sunrises,Sunsets and Shadow
Gray, billowy clouds fill the sky. Rain and thunderstorms rolled through the city all night and left evidence of their presence this...

Bethany McMillon
Mar 27, 20244 min read
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Friendship:A Love Story
1// November 2011. I’m 22 and newly married, in a suburban megachurch comprised almost exclusively of families with kids. Nary a young...

Sam Martin
Feb 14, 20245 min read
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Did We Save the Light?
This is the month when Daylight Savings ends. I feel like it always brings up many opinions – some people love the extra hour of sleep, some

Brittany Green
Nov 29, 20234 min read
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FFNN - I Have Not Stopped Giving Thanks
Thank you, Lord, for the warmth of coffee. Thank you for giving us the ability to smell, to feel the differences of hot and cold. You are

Bethany McMillon
Nov 15, 20235 min read
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The Man on the Mat
Most of you have heard my story, the most important part is recorded in the Bible (Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:18-26), but you don't even know...

Sherry Johnston
Nov 8, 20235 min read
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Shattered Shame
The other day I was in a conversation about names. We were discussing whether or not we liked our names, the way old names are coming...

Brittany Green
Oct 18, 20236 min read
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Home, Schmome!
I played softball when I was a kid. I played second base, and we had such a fun team, The Sluggers. We all went to school together and...

Christy Williams
Sep 13, 20237 min read
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Homesickness
Sleep hadn’t come easily in the hours before. I’d tossed and turned and finally found comfort curled under the blankets. Now, my eyes...

Bethany McMillon
Mar 29, 20234 min read
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Which Voice
On a recent Friday morning, in the darkness of the before school hours, I sink with a huff down into my favorite green paisley chair in...

Bethany McMillon
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Not Today Lord!
How do you feel when someone does something despicable and then is made to pay the price? But what if, instead, they get forgiveness,...

Sherry Johnston
Feb 1, 20234 min read
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