Column Post by Laura Hyers It’s funny, isn’t it, the way one relationship can be affected or influenced by so many others? It’s hard to be friendly to the person who hurt your best friend/spouse/sibling—or it is for me, anyway. My mom has a funny little counselor-speak word for when that happens: it’s called codependency—dependence […]
Write Where It Hurts
God has used writing in my life in a powerful way. As a word-lover, an author, I’ve learned this, how sometimes we write for publication, yes, but how sometimes we write simply to reconcile. To uncover truths and connect dots in ways that sometimes aren’t possible until we sit quiet with the pressing questions.
Today, I’m passionate about writing as a healing tool. You’ll find Write Where It Hurts a connection point, an invitation to women and conversations that bring healing. We need that, don’t we? A place where can we can drop all the masks and cut through the hard stuff.
Come join us. In our online community here, you’ll find hope, encouragement, and practical tools along with a challenge to live intentionally. Pull up a chair. Grab a spot of tea, or your favorite java. Be encouraged and inspired as you connect with other brave-hearted women who have faced unfathomable trials with courage. Risk the writing challenges, and be rewarded with a fresh perspective of your own.
In which we are treasure hunters
Column Post by Lakin Easterling It’s crazy to think how simple it is to forget the very best things. A warm cup of coffee, steaming, aromatic, the release of your pent-up soul. The comfort of your favorite blanket on an overcast day. Baby’s dancing feet. Kitten stretches. The color orange. Cold air in the sweltering […]
Holding on through the night for the joy that comes in the morning
Column Post by Beth Cranford Depression can sometimes become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Having been depressed before, I know that darkness all too well and recognize it quickly when it tries to return. The world stops turning and your thoughts start spinning. Memories from past depressions flash before you, but not so clearly that you recognize […]
5 key principles for reaching your goals
Column Post by Rita Schulte Lindsey felt stuck. She was bright, talented and bored. She was stalled in her career and overwhelmed in her personal life, and it was creating major stress. The problem was she didn’t know which area of her life to tackle first, or how to come up with steps to move […]
Looking at life through little girl eyes
Column Post by Lisa Easterling Riding home in the car last night, I watched wonder dance across the features of my two-year-old granddaughter, Rosabelle. She stared out the window watching the trees go by, her eyes darting back and forth in search of the main source of her delight. I didn’t need to look to […]
The joy of the Lord is my strength—and yours
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson I recently learned something that has made a marked change in my life. I can’t help but believe there are many besides me who are being given incorrect impressions in this area. It’s about joy. Not happiness. We seem to understand that happiness is based on circumstances, but we misunderstand […]
Why we should care that He wants us to rest
Column Post by Laura Hyers “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.” – Exodus 20:8-10a I married a workaholic. I knew how he was before I married him, and I know him […]
As we learn to leave well enough alone
Column Post by Lakin Easterling You know that feeling you get when something that hurt you, something that left a scratch or a burn or a gash, starts healing? That constant itchy, uncomfortable, reminder that something didn’t go the way you planned? By a show of hands, who likes that feeling? I sure don’t. If […]
The Rest of the Story
Guest post by Karen Trigg “Would you be willing to share more of your story?” At a ministry team-planning session with young moms, Meredith asked to hear in more detail the story she had only briefly heard. A story of how my marriage really began as I came to the end of myself. “Will […]
Freeing your thoughts by feeding on truth
Column Post by Beth Cranford There we sat, in the emergency room, awaiting a CT scan for our preschooler. He had taken a hard fall on the garage floor about two hours earlier. The doctors were pretty sure he had a mild concussion. A dangerous thing can happen to your mind when there’s time to […]
