Cool-season faith isn’t dead faith
It wasn't that my faith was dead. God was just working beneath the surface of what others could see. Continue reading →
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Something more: a testimony of God’s love
Last Sunday, we were challenged by our pastor to post a video or written testimony of our salvation story. Here’s mine. By April Beck I was raised in a baptist church with a proud heritage and sense of pride in ourselves... Continue reading →
4 Simple Ways to Express Grief for Your Loved One
The club accepted us with no conditions, just freely welcomed us but the problem was– I wanted nothing to do with them. All my life I wanted to fit in and be included but this was not what I... Continue reading →
Grace for the Overwhelmed Mama
She stared at me blankly and refused to move. It wasn’t defiance. She was giving me grace, a chance to redeem myself, a chance to remember she is only a child and I had asked her to do a woman-sized... Continue reading →
5 Simple Ways to Restore a Broken Relationship
The mess stared at me from the kitchen floor, cereal soaking in spilled milk, and not a kid in sight. Frustration filled me as I glanced at the clock. This inconvenient mess would make us late. Scared faces peered around... Continue reading →
When You Feel Like Throwing Yourself off the Potter’s Wheel
Yet LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands. Isaiah 64:8 (CSB) Last year, I took the kids to watch a... Continue reading →
Trusting God with the Harvest: Hope after Hard Times
My mother-in-law laughed unbelievingly as I shared what the message was about. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Hope. A story of death and life. We’d been inundated with the same story for the past two months and I felt sure... Continue reading →