by Ginger Smith Bailey | Nov 9, 2015 | Faith
What you have and who you are is enough. (Read that again!) We hear it a lot, but I want you to allow the Holy Spirit to engrave that into the deepest recesses of your soul. You know the places the enemy goes to pull out the lies that keep you hidden! God didn’t need...
by Nancy Holte | Nov 3, 2015 | Faith
Do you ever find yourself just worn out from a too-busy schedule and constantly on the brink of tears? That was my state of being when I left home to attend Bridging the Gap’s Thrive conference. I’ve long known the importance of really spending time with God–not...
by Julie Fisk | Oct 26, 2015 | Faith
My morning started with my child stepping into a big pile of dog doo, thirty seconds before the bus pulled up to the bus stop. The driver watched as I stopped frantically trying to wipe poop off a small left shoe (still attached to the child) with a twig, sighed...
by Nancy Holte | Oct 19, 2015 | Faith
A few weeks ago, at the graveside service for my father-in-law, we sang a hymn I haven’t sung in ages, Children of the Heavenly Father. As you might expect, it was an emotional day anyway, but as we sang the words to that old hymn there was a moment that took my...
by Julie Anderson | Oct 8, 2015 | Faith
It began when I was a Guppy. Growing up, summertime in Minnesota involved Vacation Bible School and trips to the lake to cool off. So it was only normal that my mom would enroll all four of us children in a summer swimming program, not only for our safety when we were...
by Kristin Demery | Oct 5, 2015 | Faith
We found my sister’s journals after her death, tucked in a bookshelf corner in the office she spent time dreaming in. Endlessly innovative, she spent hours haunting HomeGoods and perusing décor magazines, the journals yet another outlet for her creativity. When she...
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