Good Mothers Bake from Scratch, and Other Lies I’ve Believed
I am standing at the kitchen counter, spooning banana mix into a muffin tin, when my daughter makes a proposal.…
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When the Magic Fades and January Settles In
January always feels a little strange, doesn’t it? The lights come down.The wrapping paper is long gone.The calendar turns a…
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Shift Your Mindset to Grace, Not Grumbling
Sitting in the dermatologist's waiting room for my annual skin cancer screening, it doesn't take long to realize it's going…
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By Lisa Bonnema We All Carry Hurts and Burdens—So How We Treat Each Other Matters
Recently, I was filling out some school paperwork for my youngest daughter that required her surgical history. It was a…
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By Pallavi Srivastava My Mother Is Strength and Grace
Forty-nine years. Almost half a century. For many, that’s a lifetime. That’s how long they were married. Losing my dad…
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By Leslee Madsen What I Wish I Could Go Back and Hug New-Mom Me
I was organizing our storage room when I found some old pictures. The pictures were of me and my newborn…
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By Krystal Sieben Take it from a Girl Who Was One: Go Easy on the Messy Kid
In defense of the messy kid—because I am the messy kid. First and foremost, I totally get (especially as a…
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By Heather Allen Forgiveness Didn’t Change What Happened—But It Changed Me
For eight years, I carried a rage so heavy it nearly became my identity. But God never stopped reaching for…
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In Praise of the Honest Mistake: How Mistakes Open Doors to Grace
After whirling down the basement steps on tiptoe, I opened the washer’s lid to shift the clean clothes to the…
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By Melissa Anderson I’m Trading My Shoulds for Grace
I didn’t realize how often I told myself what I should be doing—until I noticed how heavy it felt. It was subtle…
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By Ruthann Weece Breaking Free from Christian Supermom Culture
If you grew up in the Church in the late 1980s to the early 2000s and you're a woman, this…
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By Beth Blamick Teach Kids People Are More Important than Things
A loud crash echoed from the other room, interrupting my kitchen duties that morning. Seconds before, I’d been enjoying the raucous…
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