By Joanna Eccles Years ago, a close family member got sick, and we didn’t know if he would survive. He went to countless hospitals and kept getting worse. I lived far away and felt helpless. I flew six times over six months to help, but it never seemed like it was enough. I could’ve hidden […]
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By Nichole J Suvar It’s a typical Thursday. I have errands to run, kids to pick up from practice, work to do for my 9-5 job, and dinner to get on the table. My face appears calm as I move from one task to another. It looks like I have it all under control. But
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by Karen Carlton “Shhhhh!” I whispered for the hundredth time. I glanced at my watch as my two little girls squirmed and wiggled during church. I tried to keep a pleasant look on my face, but I was running out of patience on our first visit to our new church. This first visit and lots
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By Nichole Suvar I was bullied in elementary school. One day a group of girls were my friends, and the next day it was as if some unspoken pact had been signed, and I wasn’t around for it. I suddenly became the punchline for every joke. Anything I did was laughed at and scorned. The
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by Marissa Bondurant I can still remember a text I got one day while at the pediatric cancer clinic. I was holding my four-year-old daughter during her weekly chemo treatment when my phone dinged. I was so exhausted and overwhelmed I didn’t even want to look at the message. But when I finally pulled out
Your Suffering Friend Needs You! Here are Three Ways to Love Her Well Read More »
by Hannah Jessen Conway During the recent gasoline shortage, I found myself with an empty tank. After finally finding a gas station with gas, I began to fill up my car when the person behind me got out of his car. “Don’t take it all!” I glanced back at him, trying to see if he
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By Jana Fraley I was enjoying a beautiful Wyoming morning with its clear blue sky and sunshine, soaking in the contentment of a perfect summer day when my brother called. Suddenly the peace and solitude I’d felt was gone. My brother and I are close; most of the time, we get along great. We love,
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Article by: Danita Jenae I’ll never forget the first time I heard the foreign concept of having a prayer partner. We were a new military family in town, and my husband was deployed overseas. I was struggling with isolation, postpartum depression, and desperately searching for any semblance of confidence in my mothering. Honestly, I felt
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Article by: Bethany McIlrath Is there anything I can do? I texted this to a friend after she relayed the news of an acquaintances’ grim diagnosis. She affirmed what I already knew: all anyone could do was pray. I asked the same question as someone I love sobbed through sharing about a sudden, unexpected trial.
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A Guest Blog by Bethany McIlrath Seven years into our marriage, my husband and I have lived in four different states. We’ve been a part of five churches in that time, and had plenty of in-between, “church-seeking seasons” too. With so many seasons of transition, participation in Bible study has looked a little different for
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