By Kimberly Phyfe I’m Learning To Be Both Mary and Martha
Here we are again—another familiar season in the church calendar, another return to the words that have shaped so many…
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By Jennifer Blount The Shape of Marriage Looks Like Grace
It rained on my oldest son’s wedding day. Not the charming kind of drizzle that makes you sigh and pull…
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By Kara Teague Sometimes I Get Lost in Resentful Service
I’m cleaning the house again. It seems never-ending with laundry, dinner, dishes, bills. Go there, do that. Put my head…
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“Mommy, Can You Wash My Feet?”
I can gravitate between a noble sense of martyrdom, believing I am the best mother ever, and a nagging sense…
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By Cat Borg I Pick Up the Shoes
My 5-year-old left her shoes at the top of the stairs today, discarded on her way to the bathroom when…
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By Kristin Mangin To the Military Spouses Making it Work
Last night, after I’d read the first half of the same two board books over and over to the twins…
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By Melody Kowach Instead of Counting Down the Days until My Marine Came Home, I Counted My Blessings
It was a relatively mild morning in October—cool even, considering we were in the middle of the Mojave Desert. We…
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By Lyndsay Zadnik The PB&J that Saved the Day
It was one of those days. One of those days when your pants are too tight, you wake up with a…
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By Alexia Wark To the Military Mom Who’s Exhausted and Overwhelmed
Dear military mom, Going through a whole pregnancy and/or birth alone can be very stressful. You're feeling such guilt because…
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By Diana Loader We’re Saying Goodbye Again
Here we go. He’s leaving again. When is he leaving? Where is he going? How long this time? Nothing I…
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By A Cogent From a Combat Veteran to His Wife: I See You
My beautiful wife, I see you watching me fight a war that did not end for me even after I…
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When You Get the Call to Serve, You Answer
Imagine you got the call on Tuesday. Imagine you're at the park with your family, watching your toddler scamper around…
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