This post is by René Bancroft.

"Let's make a plan."

How many times have you said that phrase? To your kids? Your employees? Your spouse? To yourself? There's always an opportunity to make a plan for your day, your budget, your marriage, or your lif...

Today's post is by Rose Ward.

Have you ever found yourself reaching towards a goal only to get distracted and thrown off track? I know I have, often! Lately I have been thinking about goals within the framework of God’s plans, and the Holy Spirit re...

This post is by Tami Rodriguez.

Seasons come and seasons go so they say. 

As a wife and mother, I’m not sure I ever thought much about seasons. Life often felt like one unending day. I’d make a meal, serve a meal, clean up a meal…repeat repea...

This post is by Shari Gabourel.

Every now and again, I’m inclined to have a mental meltdown. I try not to exceed two in a given month…but when life keeps happening, the number tends to go up. 

The truth is the mental meltdowns I experienced were...

This post is by Lindsey Bell.

There has been one question that God has put on my heart over and over again as I have opened my Bible recently. That question is,  

“Why are you doing this?” 

Now, that might sound like a somewhat odd question for so...

This post is by Kelli LaFram.

My Bible would lay on the table. Not collecting dust, but open and waiting for me to read the words, turn the pages, take in God’s truth. And I did. Day after day after day, I would get up early in the morning excited t...

This post is by Shaina Weisgerber.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a child is born,

    to us a son is given,

    and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

    Everlasting Father, Prince ...

This post is by Kelli LaFram.

A few years ago, in church we began singing the song “Great Are You Lord” by All Sons & Daughters. It’s a beautiful worship song with lyrics that recognize God as the only one worthy of our adoration. If you’ve never...

This post is by Karen Bozeman.

I love praise and worship. Songs and hymns help me refocus, removing the grating noise of daily life. Music fills up my “soul holes” and regenerates my sagging spirit. Yet how many times have we heard this complaint ab...

This post is by Cheli Sigler.

Above all, worship is a giving of our whole selves to God— heart, mind, soul, and body. Because of Christ’s mercy, we don’t hold anything back. Emphasizing this, the apostle Paul pleads in Romans 12:1:

“. . . present y...