Column Post by Beth Cranford My first recognized experience with depression happened when my first child was born. I felt like a black curtain suddenly descended over my whole life. A year later I was still fighting mild depression. My husband, still wanting to understand, asked if I could put into words what I felt […]
Month: August 2012
3 secrets to finding peace amid the storm
Column Post by Rita Schulte In John 16:33 Jesus tells the disciples they can have peace even in the midst of trouble. Since peace and trouble don’t seem to go together, what did Jesus mean? He wanted the disciples to understand that real, lasting peace had nothing to do with circumstances. Trouble is a given […]
How grace hems us in
Column Post by Lisa Easterling A week ago I set a fire I didn’t mean to set. I posted “Fifty Shades of Grace” with the best of intentions. Simply put, I was asking believers to stop biting one another, to consider the redemptive side of the book Fifty Shades of Grey. The post resulted in offending some […]
To know Him is to love Him
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson I grew up believing we’re supposed to read our Bibles every day, and best if we do it first thing in the morning. After all, time with our Savior should be our first priority, right? I don’t teach my children this. Allow me to explain. I believe my relationship with […]
How God brings us always back to our best
Column Post by Laura Hyers “You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need.” (The Rolling Stones) I’ll just get straight to the point: I think it’s funny how sometimes what we want isn’t what we need, but we don’t know any better. […]
When you learn to live crippled
Column Post by Lakin Easterling There’s an ongoing frustration I have with people: our propensity to always dwell on what we should be, or what we think we should be, rather than what we are. I’m not talking about striving to be the best we can be. I’m not talking about giving something one hundred percent. I’m not talking about […]
Is it Depression?
Column Post by Beth Cranford “What’s wrong with me?” “I don’t want to go anywhere, or see anyone, or do anything I used to enjoy doing.” “Why can’t I get anything done?” “Why can’t I just snap out of it?” “I feel so useless, so worthless, so hopeless.” “Why do I feel so lonely and […]
God and His boogie boarding lessons
Column Post by Aj Luck Today I found myself standing in the middle of the ocean holding a boogie board in hand, facing mounds of waves coming right at me, and I was smiling. I was surrounded by excited, giggling kids holding their boogie boards too. I was clearly the oldest among them…by many years. Before today […]
The flip sides of jealousy
Column Post by Lisa Easterling Lately I’ve been studying the topic of jealousy, and the stark difference between being jealous of, and jealous for another person. Jealousy for someone’s best is of God. Jealousy of someone’s best is of the enemy. My study guide asks if the reader is jealous for someone’s best, and if so, whose? What are the results? […]
How changing a prayer changes everything
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson You’re wondering if God is going to answer your prayer. You are certain that you’re asking for something He wants every one of His children to have. Yet here you are longing, pleading, begging God to answer this one prayer with a yes, now. Not in six months, or a […]