I had an excellent childhood. I was the baby of six which meant I felt lots of love all the time. My parents made every holiday and birthday special. I would get chocolates on Valentines Day, special solo birthday dates, and Christmas was always celebrated with lots of family and the best presents. Every summer we would spend […]

By: Tiffany Joy Layton  ‘I just can’t do it. I don’t have it in me. I can’t focus. I can’t find the words… I just can’t do it.’ I have had this inner dialog with myself more times than I can count over the past several years. The feeling of defeat when one’s body is fighting against […]

By: Hannah Fatheree  We’re almost a month into 2021. It’s usually the time of year when most our New Year’s resolutions trail off (and maybe one or two stick).  I try not to be overzealous with my goals or resolutions, but one thing I’m attempting to do this year is read the Bible all the way […]

By: Jordan Sparnroft  In 2018, as I unexpectedly became a stay-at-home-mom to a child who had been recently diagnosed with serious medical issues, I quickly lost a sense of community. I no longer had coworkers to engage with and gripe about the politics of the workplace. My friends who had babies the same age, could not […]

By: Christi Grimm  It’s a new year – complete with 365 new opportunities for growth!  At the beginning of each year, I write down a list of goals, desires, and longings for that year.  Included in these are a list of books I would like to read.  Inevitably, I read some of them, I shelve some […]

Am I not more than enough for you?  The question, asked by the Great I Am, stilled my words and tears.  I knew I faced a choice. If I answered yes to God, I would need to act in faith on that yes and start turning to Jesus for the joy and satisfaction I had been looking […]

By: Marissa Hochstedler I am easily drawn to perfect things, whether it be a beautiful sunrise in the early morning, a delicious piece of coffee cake or a soul-deep conversation with a friend. I love to sit back and think “that was perfect and exactly what my heart needed.” However, with being drawn to perfect things, […]

By: Erica Hunt Congratulations! If you are reading this, you have survived the year 2020! Whether you are sighing with relief; bedraggled and barely creeping forward; or even a little saddened to see the end of the year; we can be assured that God has not changed and will continue to go before us as we […]

By: Nicole Lisa Schrader  Blessed is the one… whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law, day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. (from Psalm 1 NIV)  I chose to […]

By: Grace McCready  “Read your Bible every single day this year.”  “Pray for one new person every week of 2021.”  “Memorize an entire book of the Bible by the end of the year.”  “Write down five things you’re grateful for daily, starting on January 1st.”  “Lengthen your prayer time from 10 minutes to 20 minutes per […]