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Knowing When to Speak Up and When to Walk Away Isn’t Easy

Faith, Motherhood
July 10, 2024
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By Jennifer Jabbour

Knowing When to Speak Up and When to Walk Away Isn’t Easy

“I got an F on my essay because my teacher said I plagiarized,” my teenager said. After asking my daughter,…

Faith, Grief, Loss
July 7, 2024
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By Sarah Talbert

Faith to Finish the Journey

Lauren Daigle’s song “You Say” played through a scratchy phone speaker as I watched tears stream down my grandpa’s 93-year-old…

Making New Friends as a Mom is Really Hard

Friendship, Motherhood
July 6, 2024
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By Kristin Sponaugle

Making New Friends as a Mom is Really Hard

I sheepishly called my new-er friend. “Hi, Addy, I don’t want to be a bother, so if you’re busy, don’t…

I Hope They Say, “That’s My Mama and Jesus.”

Faith, Motherhood
June 23, 2024
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By Kendra Everett

I Hope They Say, “That’s My Mama and Jesus.”

Eating steaks from styrofoam plates while watching reruns with your husband isn’t exactly how many imagine celebrating their first wedding…

The Enemy Thought He Had Me, But God Had Bigger Plans

Faith, Living
June 20, 2024
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By Loren Ward

The Enemy Thought He Had Me, But God Had Bigger Plans

My own biological family wanted me dead in the womb. My mom was poor, in college, barely making ends meet.…

Faith, Living
June 9, 2024
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By Manndi Maphies

Where Some See Weeds, I See Flowers

I stepped outside early this morning to let my beloved Cockapoo puppy do his thing. As I stood on the…

Faith
May 26, 2024
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By Lauren Fortenberry

There is Power in Prayer

There were times in my life where it felt like fiction. The idea that prayer would help me find God…

5 Kids in the Bible Who Will Inspire Yours

Faith, Kids
April 10, 2024
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By Laura Mendenhall

5 Kids in the Bible Who Will Inspire Yours

Gathering my kids for morning Bible study has become our family's cornerstone, a time not just for spiritual growth but…

Faith, Living
April 1, 2024
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By Leslie Rowe

Mad Martha, Mary, Mom, and Me

As a brand-new, born-again, un-churched Christian fresh in my new faith with zero knowledge of the Bible, I am steaming,…

I Can’t Pray away My Anxiety But I Can Trust God to Hold Me through It

Faith, Living
March 30, 2024
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By Laura Childers

I Can’t Pray away My Anxiety But I Can Trust God to Hold Me through It

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t afraid. I was scared of people, of speaking, and even of being…

Faith, Living
March 3, 2024
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By Dorinda Brown

So God Made a Sunday School Teacher

God looked around at all He had created, and He knew He would need someone to teach His children. So…

Faith, Motherhood
February 20, 2024
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By Keri Eichberger

God Has You

Holding tight to the cold, sterile rail of the narrow, rollaway ER bed, I hovered helplessly over my oldest daughter.…