This post is by Kelli LaFram.

I don’t have many close friends. I tend to hold people at a distance until I have time to observe them, determine their motives, and assess whether or not they are trustworthy. That said, the few friends I do have I ...

This post is by Cindy Chen.

We all face difficulty from time to time, so when we’re hard pressed, how can we be prepared to keep God Time in our routine?

Difficulty is part of life, and while some may seem to have it harder than others, if it fe...

This post is by Kelli LaFram.

Alarm goes off, I hit snooze once, twice, maybe even three times. I roll out of bed and pour a cup of coffee (Thank the Lord for the invention of delay set coffee pots! Am I right?) I plop down on the couch, tell ...

This post is by Cindy Chen.

Recently I attended a conference for lay leaders hosted by my home church. I had been battling a feeling of being ashamed for my lack: my lack of time, my lack of intentionality, and my lack of discipline. I saw all th...

This post is by Christy Hinnant.

Every morning I do this thing.  I stand at the coffee pot, and I wait.  And while I wait for that gorgeous rich aroma to start filling the house, I check on all my little plant babies.  

You see, I love succulents. ...

This post is by Joanne Wu.

“So kids, what do you think mom wants for her birthday?” I was a bit amused to hear my husband ask my children this on the noisy car ride home.  After experiencing a day of surprises and showers of love from friends and...

This post is by Jen Stanbro.

It fairly breaks my heart when I hear someone say, “God didn’t answer my prayer.” 

It makes me feel as though God is a parent who gives His beloved the silent treatment in response to our cries to Him. It suggests th...

 This post is by Deb Alexander.

I mentor a young woman who is a mama to two littles. She is also a wife, a sister, a daughter, a friend, and a student. 

The last time we met, she mentioned that she had been trying to sit down with her Bible and ...

This post is by Gianna Kordatzky.

Two years ago we got a dog.  A dog is an adventure that we didn’t understand when we decided we needed one for our family. 

And need one we did.  Our son’s epilepsy caused us some anxiety, and we really wante...

This post is by Jen Stanbro.

Growing up in the church, I was often instructed that giving God my time was important. So I did with fair regularity in my young adult and teen years. But as life got busier, I struggled to carve out time for the ...