By Lisa Bonnema I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers
I think one of the hardest things about launching your big kids is wondering what baggage they will take with…
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Praying For Your Kids is Holy Work of Motherhood
While excavating Mount Masada in Israel, archeologists discovered something extraordinary . . . a date palm seed. It might not…
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By Georgina Butler I Count My Blessings Every Day
I remember being jealous of my classmates often. I would look at the girls at my school who seemed to…
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Lord, I Don’t Want To Face This Storm
“I feel like I’m right in the middle of that rain shaft, suspended over the ocean,” I told my husband…
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By Christina Zambrano I Fight For My Child in Prayer
The sound of the screen door slamming shut inches from my face took my breath away. He hesitated for a…
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“God, Please Put a Baby in Mommy’s Belly. Amen.”
“God, please put a baby in Mommy’s belly. Amen.” She’s added it to her prayers every night for the past…
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Praying Through the Seasons of Motherhood
Early on in the season of pregnancy, long before you know the secret your body hides, you are already growing…
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I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold
With each positive pregnancy test, it was a restrained joy, for I knew we shouldn’t fully celebrate. As experience often…
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By Amanda Turner Thank You God, For All Of It
I try to set aside enough time to pray every night, I do. I never miss helping my 3-year-old say…
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Praying For My Husband Changed Everything
We had only been married several weeks before the big one hit. It was our first major fight as a…
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By Kirstyn Wegner Stop Putting Quarters in a Vending Machine God
I don’t pray like I used to. In the infancy of my faith, I treated prayer like a business transaction—righteousness…
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I Prayed For You Before You Were In My Arms
It was a humid morning in late May as I walked the seemingly longer and longer seven blocks from Grand…
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