Published at Family Christian. I sit down to read a few emails when involuntary tears spill over—the kind where I didn’t even think a sad...

Published at Family Christian. Sometime during the hour between grabbing my coffee and checking my email, my morning was hijacked by a...

Published at Family Christian. The month of May feels like it arrives holding a venti blonde roast with an extra shot of espresso. Just...

Published at She Reads Truth. These are hard and sobering verses, aren’t they? Today’s chapters round out the sixth of Isaiah’s woes,...

Published at Family Christian. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of...

Published at Family Christian. We pulled into the parking lot at our nature center, and my three not-competitive-at-all sons scrambled...

Published at She Reads Truth. We love a good “rags to riches” story, don’t we? Especially when God tells it in His upside-down kind of...

Published at Family Christian. I was pushing my cart through the grocery store, deleting items from the list on my phone as I went....

Published at She Reads Truth. I remember that eighth grade summer. I’d show up at the park on those warm evenings with my gaggle of...

Published at Family Christian. The wind gusts cleared thousands of orange pine needles from our row of trees and deposited most of them...

By Marnie Hammar We’re moving our firstborn to Ohio State and I vacillate between lingering in the depths of despair and hyper-fixating...

By Marnie Hammar I curled into my comfy gray chair, one of my feet tucked under me, with my opposite knee raised to balance my red...

Published at Family Christian. I finish my spicy pickles, the juice now running unobstructed across my empty paper plate. I feel the...

By Nicole Williams Hear Him Louder Essay Series: Nicole’s Story My heart felt heavy that Fall as I saw her leaning in to pray with two...

Published at Family Christian. It wasn’t wrong. A hard thing happened to someone I cared for, and I jumped at the opportunity to help...

By Becky Keife Hear Him Louder Essay Series: Becky’s Story I didn’t think I had an issue with identity. I’ve always been a pretty...

By Jen Roland Hear Him Louder Essay Series: Jen’s Story I sat across the booth from my friend, Karen, as we met to discuss book ideas....

By Christie Thomas Hear Him Louder Essay Series: Christie’s Story My son lay under a mound of blankets as I stretched out beside him....

Published at She Reads Truth. I’m sipping my coffee and reading this chapter, and something inside me feels uncomfortable. Jesus didn’t...

By Jennifer Sakata Hear Him Louder Essay Series: Jennifer's Story I arrived bleary-eyed. Fatigued by the grief that hangs on a daughter...