How Do You Face Disappointment? Guest Post by Rebecca Barlow Jordan When disappointment knocks on your door, how do you face it? I remember when a phone call brought me to my knees. “He’s gone.” I never got to say goodbye to my father. And the time my gynecologist’s brow

Beauty in Perseverance by Anita Peluso The last days of winter often feel like drudgery – painful waiting until we see the first blooms of spring. We long for the crocus, daffodils, and tulips of spring to brighten the gray landscape of winter, bringing hope of warmer, sunnier days. We

Who Does God Say That I Am? One of the most formative seasons in my life came through difficulty. It was the kind of time and place that causes a person to question if they are truly in relationship with the Father or just crazy. The outside voices pouring into

Living Shoulder 2 Shoulder What if you were The Plan for offering hope and healing to a culture in crisis? God’s Divine plan for utilizing you and me as instruments for bringing hope into our surroundings and even impossible situations sounds about as genius as leaving my twin boys home

How to Know When to Quit What if the answer you have long awaited is No? How do you know when to quit? This happened to a stranger I met on an airplane once. She and I had attended the same conference in which the final speaker had posed the

Breaking Free From a Spirit of Fear by Cheri Strange, Ph.D. Have you ever opened your eyes first thing in the morning, scared silly? Before your feet hit the floor or the list of all that lies before you in the day begins, you are afraid? For whatever reason, there