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. […]
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.
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 […]
My weakness is His power made perfect
Column Post by Laura Hyers Today I am thankful that I can write for this community of women and be real and share my heart. I am thankful because I know that I can be honest and vulnerable and that you, beautiful reader, will understand. I’ve been struggling today. I’ve been struggling because I have […]
Grace in Healing
Guest post by Theresa Harvard Johnson When I was about 15-years-old, I penned, “Theresa the Invisible.” I am an invisible girl, sitting in an invisible chair; People walk by me, never noticing that I am there. They can’t hear my invisible screams as I rise or see me my invisible stand; and when I reach […]
In which you find yourself a part
Column Post by Lakin Easterling I dream in faraway slumbers, teasing the edges of memory and imagination with wisps of possibility. The outside is still, but unearth that sleeping seed and you will see the lace-like design of a mind tied fast to a brilliant dress, a fabricated wing, each stitch a path to unknowns […]
What is Depression?
Column Post by Beth Cranford “Whenever I’m depressed I go shopping.” “If you’re depressed you’re not trusting God.” “I get so depressed on bill paying day.” How often do you hear similar comments or even say them? With the commonly accepted use of the word “depressed” it’s no wonder we don’t have an accurate understanding […]
