Column Post by Lakin Easterling Somehow, drinking hot tea has a way of clearing my head. The heat is a flavor all its own, accompanied by the taste of dried leaves, sweet wildflower honey, and the silky texture of almond milk. It’s an experience: the steam, my hands around the mug, all the greatness of […]
Author: Jo Ann Fore
When You’re Tempted to Settle for Rotten Miracles
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson Miracle Max is one of my favorite characters from The Princess Bride. I love the scene where his wife repeats the name Humperdink at him while he covers his ears and tries not to hear. We reverse that here and playfully use “humperdink” as the word to communicate that we […]
Don’t be afraid to show your ugly
Column Post by Aj Luck During a recent conversation with a friend, the topic of being vulnerable came up. We started talking about the areas of our lives where we let people in, and the areas where we keep people out. I opened up about hating the feeling of rejection. She asked me what I meant. I […]
Living God’s Way
I watched them, the yard crew working outside my window. Some donned in straw hats that shaded their weather-worn, dark-skinned faces, some with orange safety ear-muffs strapped across their closely-cropped hair. In spite of the near 100-degree sun beating down on them, all were covered head to toe in protective clothing. These, my heroes […]
Four Keys to a Happier Life
Column Post by Lisa Easterling Who doesn’t want a happier life? What you might not realize is how easy it can be to move toward that happier life right now by employing a few simple keys. Key 1: Simplify, Simplify Let’s face it: we all live cluttered, chaotic lives. It’s hard not to, in such […]
When You Must Forgive the Unforgivable
Guest Post by Dana Arcuri It was the summer of 1966. Heartbroken, my newly divorced mother relocated to escape humiliation and gossip. Her plan was to raise five young daughters on her own. How she was to successfully accomplish that plan was a heavy burden filled with uncertainty. Desperate to make ends meet, Mom obtained work […]
What Forgiveness Might Really Look Like
Column Post by Laura Hyers “Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.” C. S. Lewis Isn’t forgiveness so much more fun to talk about than to actually partake in? Not to mention that it’s always way better to be on the receiving end of forgiveness than the giving end. […]
When Catch and Release Goes Wrong
Column Post by Lakin Easterling Do you want to know a secret? It’s part of every woman, more so than men: it’s the power of a grudge. Perhaps it first became us when Adam shifted all the blame on Eve; maybe that’s the first taste we had of bitterness, a deep cut betrayal when we thought […]
When You Can Forgive Everyone but Yourself
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson The word forgiveness brings many thoughts to mind. There have been times in my life when forgiveness was relatively simple and other times when it was far more challenging. Childhood days of forgiveness seemed so difficult, yet looking back I see they were good learning tools, stepping stones to the […]
How to Turn a Hot Mess into Something Redemptive
Column Post by Rita Schulte Why are we all so freaked out about the mistakes, failures, and mess-ups in our lives? If we read the Bible, we see that most of the characters were a hot mess. We see David—a murderer, adulterer, and a liar. Peter was a coward, Paul was self-righteous, and Sarah laughed […]
