by Diana Gruver | Nov 1, 2019 | Relationship
The house is still filled with boxes. Sharpie notations give clues to their contents, guiding me through the scavenger hunt to plates, metal spoons, and the internet router. My daughter’s little fingers rip at the packing tape, still too young to realize a loosening...
by Sarah Lindsay | Nov 1, 2019 | Relationship
The four of us talked late into the night, enjoying a rare weekend together without our families. We laughed, we went deep, we teased and challenged one another. We were in the mountains of northern Georgia, celebrating 20 years of friendship that had started when we...
by Elisabeth Klein Fisher | Jul 1, 2019 | Relationship
I think I’m Homesick. Deeply and genuinely longing for my one true Home. I had this moment recently. I was taking communion. My eyes were closed. Music was playing. I had the elements in my hands. I was thanking Jesus for what he had done for me on the cross, for...
by Maggie W. Rowe | Jul 1, 2019 | Relationship
And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.” Mark 5:34 It’s been over 20 years, but I can still recall the sound of the small voice reaching out to us from the back seat of the car. “Mr. Rowe, what can I...
by Tammy Perlmutter | Mar 1, 2019 | Relationship
Nobody can find strength to resist temptation, perseverance in purity, and lasting forgiveness without community. Shepherds, teachers, mentors, leaders: You have people under your care who are engaging in self harm to externalize pain and contemplating suicide to end...
by Sheli Massie | Mar 1, 2019 | Faith and Culture, Relationship
I sat across from the table with one of my most enduring friends. We have only been friends for a few years but the way we communicate you would have thought it’s been forever. She is the type of person my soul is drawn to expose itself. A safe place where grace...
