faith

Women, take your place. Teach. Preach. Lead.

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  I’ll never forget the first time a man sat in the back row, arms folded across his chest, scowling at me while I preached. Thankfully I wasn’t completely disarmed,

When you feel invisible

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At a huge women’s conference last year, I sat alone. Several friends sat together in a section above me, but I was in-and-out with seven-month-old Micah strapped to my back

Breaking the Fear Cycle: How facing my fears taught me to live in peace

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Guest post by Maria Furlough, author of Breaking the Fear Cycle: How to Find Peace for Your Anxious Heart “Fear is a liar. Fear left out the best parts of

Faith like a child: Allora’s story of childhood cancer

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Guest post by Chandler Jo Santiago It’s Friday, so we are dreaming of the beach while she gets a chemo infusion. Allora reminds me regularly that she does not have

Dear baby (four years after miscarriage),

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Dear Scarlett, It’s been four years since I was wheeled down the hallway under obnoxious fluorescent lighting by the insensitive surgeon and the nurse with kind eyes. I was thankful

The season you’re in (and the one you long for)

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Is the season you're in the one you long for? What does it mean to live well, embracing desire while not despising your "now"?

Rainbow baby

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I’m due with my sixth baby any day now, but there are only three car seats fitted into our car. Three of our babies have died before we ever held

Sinking deep (and thoughts on pregnancy after miscarriage)

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At thirty-four weeks pregnant I’ve now reached the stage where pretty much anything can spark tears. It’s like all the tears from eight months of pregnancy have been stored up and

Dinner with Jesus (and the notion of “charity”)

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He sat next to me at dinner. I had been cutting my youngest’s meat for him and didn’t notice Matthew* pull up his chair. We chit-chatted about the weather and

When you feel like you don’t belong

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How many times have you decided you don’t belong because of some internal framework you’ve set up to determine when you’re worthy or unworthy, qualified or not?

Who are you?

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Guest Post by Erika Morrison The cardinals make it look so easy. The honeybees make it look so easy. The catfish and the black crow, the dairy cow and the