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How to Find Peace in Troubled Times
I feel my lips curve in irony as I lean over the keyboard. Peace—this month’s topic--scuttles from my grasp the moment I step out of my prayer closet. Sleep eludes me in the quiet of the night and anxiety fills the space once occupied by peace. Concern about the...
When You Struggle with Faith
Indigenous to the area, the invasive runners threaded their way across our backyard--overtaking the softer variety planted by the builders. Within months, our patch of land transformed into a drought-tolerant, child-friendly rectangle of green able to...
What is Spiritual Seed?
Piles of white blanketed the unfurling green of the season--summer and winter clashing in a late Rocky Mountain dance. Protecting my one fledgling tomato plant, I ushered it indoors and set it on the counter. With temperatures near freezing, I watched over a series of...
What Does the Bible Say About Spiritual Seeds?
Rows upon rows of furrowed soil stretched between the creek bed and an old corral. Each mound reached eagerly toward heaven, thin strands of green poking above the surface in one area like thinning hair on a man’s scalp. Another section boasted folds of miniature,...
Top New Releases and Recommended Books
I've had the privilege of participating on some launch teams recently and reading some amazing books by women who love the Lord. Whether you need words to bolster your faith, bolster mental health, or engage compassion and imagination, these nonfiction books...
High Functioning Depression and Five Tips to Manage It
I stared at the ceiling, willing my leaden legs to shift. Move from beneath the comfort of the bed toward the unknown of the day. Of course, I knew nothing would change. My husband still served in dry sandy places, the oldest two alternately raged or rebelled, and the...
What Does the Bible Say About Mental Illness and Children?
A world away, my husband’s patched-through voice responded to my ill-directed words, “I can’t.” In all the years of deployments and boots-on-the-ground, desperation had never settled this deep in my heart. I regretted the question, but it hung in the silence between...
