By Mari Plank –As a Life Coach I believe most Christian women struggle with believing God’s unconditional love and acceptance resulting in insecurity and depleted worth and value. The evidence is in all the ways we try and fill that deep need for affirmation, recognition or approval. Get out of the
By Judith R. Barnes − Between hobbies, friends, and obligations at work or home, carving out quality time with your significant other can easily fall by the wayside. Even those couples whose children have already flown the coop often experience an absence of connection with their partners, despite having the freedom to
By Carol Doyel – A question I’ve been asking myself a lot these days is, “is this the place the Lord wants me or has chosen for me to be?” I’m not just talking about my physical location, but my spiritual place as well. I think we all want to
By Sarah Meece – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 When I opened the local newspaper recently the headline stated: HEROIN USE UP BY 68% OVER LAST YEAR. In the article, a desperate mother
By Deborah Smith Pegues – When I was a child, I heard my mother and father argued frequently about things that happened or had been said in the far, far distant past. They served faithfully and sacrificially inside and outside the walls of the church. Nevertheless, a spirit of unforgiveness
By Kelli Parisian– When you reach a certain age, and attend enough Memorials/Celebrations of Life, you begin to ponder the topic of death more often, and more seriously. People will say death is a part of life, but when it hits close to home, this statement seems sadly insufficient.
By Katherine Swarts – The dictionary definition of “fatigue” is “extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.” In today’s society, fatigue seems an illness in its own right. And like cancer, it has sufficient notoriety and versatility to rate subdivision into multiple categories: one hears of compassion fatigue,
By Kim Chaffin – Growing up we spent a lot of time at our family cabin in Priest Lake, Idaho. My great grandfather had a vision of a place where generations in the future could come and relax. Since 1947, our family has been enjoying my great grandfather’s cabin. At
By Lynn Mosher− Sometimes, a verse of Scripture stops me in my tracks. I sit in silence, staring at it and allowing it to soak deep within me. I search my Bible program, concordances, Lexicons, and commentaries to collect what I can for deeper understanding. One of my recent ponderings
Bestselling author Kim Vogel Sawyer believes in the power of second chances – a theme she’s captured with poignant grace in her new book, When Grace Sings (WaterBrook Press/March 17, 2015/ISBN: 978-0307731333/ $14.99), which follows the CBA bestseller When Mercy Rains in The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy. Sawyer says the series
By Kathleen Cooke – It takes guts to be creative in today’s culture. That nagging little voice in our head is always telling us we aren’t good enough, talented enough, or trained enough. One of my favorite writers on the subject is Brene Brown. She is a brilliant researcher and
By Sophie Hazan – Kids today have access to so much technology, and there has been a lot of discussion in the media about whether this is a good or a bad thing. However, scientists are now backing the idea that technology is great for kids and their education. Massey Professor
By Kim Chaffin – Over Memorial Day weekend, we headed to the pancake feed in Priest Lake, Idaho. With my plate of yummy pancakes in hand I began to fill my cup with orange juice. I thought it might be too sweet so I decided to water it down. I
By Linda Williams – The enemy hides in those shameful, secret places within ourselves. It’s that voice that whispers, “Don’t tell anyone that, let’s keep that to ourselves. It’s too embarrassing for anyone to know.” “Shh! Let this moment go by.” Shame is different from guilt. Shame is a sense
By Sarah Meece− “Stand firm in faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Is our country currently experiencing an emotional battlefield? With the Supreme Court decision changing the definition of marriage last Friday, there has been a flurry of elevated emotions. While Christians
By Lynn Mosher– Have you ever gone from resting “in green pastures” to wandering around in the wilderness, lacking refreshment for your spiritual thirst, needing to be “beside still waters”? Israel did. In part of their wanderings, it went like this: *They went from Mount Hor in Lebanon to Edom,
By Marta Greenman– Sometimes life is just not fair. Certain people are treated specially while you may not even be noticed. Someone else may receive an undeserved promotion, while you are stuck in the same job. Children are bullied for no reason and some people are discriminated against because of
By Deborah Pegues – I’ve had to forgive many offenses in my lifetime—from a Ponzi financial rip-off, to a molestation, to a botched foot surgery. However, my pain pales in comparison to that of the families of the nine victims of the recent Charleston, South Carolina church shooting. When they
By Carol Doyel – The title of this article may seem cliché to some, but as I was reading a post today titled, “Perfect Beauty” in The Bailey Post it occurred to me, that when we know Jesus, we know this statement to be true. He is altogether lovely. But
In all of our personal relationships – whether with our spouse’s, partners, mothers, daughters, friends, etc – there are gestures, words, and actions that make us feel loved and appreciated more so than others – and those things vary from person to person. According to Gary Chapman’s book, the five
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