by Stephanie Reeves | Nov 1, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
Dear Friend, Do you believe that you are completely and wholly loved by God? Some people more readily feel it than others. Maybe those who grew up in nurturing families instinctively know that God loves them, while those who struggled with hard parental relationships...
by Sharla Fritz | Nov 1, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
I sat at my computer, trying desperately to come up with a few words that made sense. But nothing came. I felt empty. Overwhelmed. Beaten down. I questioned my ability to write. My power to keep going. My worth as a person. These feelings were not new. In fact, they...
by Darcy Wiley | Nov 1, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
Sometimes I dream in other languages. My subconscious mind takes words or phrases I’ve learned in my travels or from my international students and incorporates them into random scenes and interactions. But I had one particular dream that was more than just a mash-up...
by Paula Frances Price | Nov 1, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
Sitting in the sand, I buried my 5-year-old eyes in my knees. I wasn’t hurt, but I was embarrassed that I had fallen. My trainer tried helping me up, but I wanted to wait for my mom to climb through the wooden, split-rail fence. When she got to me, she said, “You have...
by Sarah Rennicke-Freymuth | Nov 1, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
Almost nine months into marriage, I finally feel like I’m coming up for air. The months have swirled and surged, waves of adjustment rolling one after another, fighting the tide of learning to listen and placing my husband, Eric’s, needs in front of mine. Fresh into a...
by Rebecca Detrick | Nov 1, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
Is it wrong to believe that good begets good? Children are rewarded for doing the right thing and punished for doing the wrong. Right and wrong may vary in size and scope dependent upon the age of the child, culture, home, social context, and familial context....
