Guest Post by Dana Arcuri It was spring 1998 and I was in the second trimester of my third pregnancy. All went according to plan, until the sixth month when my baby’s abnormal movements alarmed me.  During a prenatal exam, I discussed my concern with my midwife. She immediately scheduled an ultrasound test and referred me to […]

Column Post by Lisa Easterling My mother was my compass. She weathered a hard childhood followed by a hard life and yet she never stopped pushing on. Because of her, I have never known the meaning of quit. Every Mother’s Day my focus was on telling—and more importantly, showing—my mother how much she meant to […]

Guest Post by Susan Tolles It was last year when I heard the term “unmothered daughters” for the first time. It made me shiver and brought a flood of memories about my own mother and the volatile relationship we’d had. Adopted as an infant, I never connected with my adoptive mother. I had a great childhood […]

Column Post by Laura Hyers I’m not a mother—yet. Some days I feel like a mother, chasing around children who aren’t mine for nine hours a day, changing diapers and potty training and disciplining and celebrating and laughing and hugging and wiping noses and kissing booboos. But at the end of the day I give […]

When your heart hurts, nothing helps more than loving encouragement from someone who “gets it.” Cheryl Karpen, a woman with a dream to touch a million hearts with affirmations and encouragement, understands.  In this soul-nurturing audio interview, Cheryl tenderly shares about the times in her life when people surrounded her with hope, love, and encouragement, […]

Column Post by Lakin Easterling “He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor…and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders… ‘As for me,’ God says, ‘this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I’ve placed upon you and the words that I’ve given you to speak, they’re not going […]

Column Post by Kelly Heuer I once heard, in all earnestness, a sermon on how we are to walk, talk, look, and smell like Christians. What? Yep. Apparently there is a Christian dress code, a Christian dialect, a Christian gait, a Christian style, and yes, a Christian perfume/cologne. I have no doubt that all are […]

Column Post by Glenda Harbinson I’d sat on that sill many times before. The large window was a favorite place of mine, never mind that it was in a washroom. it was a long, tall window overlooking the neighborhood and I could sit there thinking, praying, and meditating knowing the locked door assured nobody could walk […]

Column Post by Lisa Easterling Dear Mama, These are days I really could use being able to talk to you. I think we would be spending a lot of time together, you and I. I wish I had made more time for you when you were still here. I know you would say it’s okay, […]