God With Us Guest Post by Matthew Ronan As we end another year I want to share with you about beginnings and endings, and God being with us through the highs and the lows. I write this as a widowed dad home alone with my 6-year-old on winter break. I had…
by Dr. Pamela Prince Pyle It was an ordinary office. The couches and chairs well worn by the patients who came before me. The therapist said, “Take a seat, anywhere you would like.” My physician mindset thought, “I imagine my choice of chair or couch are already giving insight to this…
What You Can Ask on This Mother’s Day By Blythe Daniel and Helen McIntosh We tease our children about “asking 20 questions” and here it is Mother’s Day and what a great time for them to ask you questions. What would it be like for you to guide your children or…
by Grace Fox To say the last year has been challenging is an understatement. The pandemic grounded me and my husband—the director of a mission sending agency—from our usual international ministry travels. It left me unemployed by banning large gatherings, thus canceling my speaking invitations to women’s retreats and conferences. It…
A few hundred writers had gathered to pursue their calling on a smoky North Carolina mountaintop. Sunned by worship and swathed in the dewy atmosphere of prayer, an iris raised her amethyst head near the summit stairway.She wore her crown of petals as a hard-won accomplishment. The iris began her journey…
I'll be sending love to my husband from a distance this Valentine's Day. He has an extended business trip for which I cannot join him due to my own commitments. So our embraces will remain spiritual, stretching from the mountains to the oceanside. Our thoughts and wishes will not touch more than…
"For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing."2 Corinthians 2:15 I struggled to breathe in the soupy tropical atmosphere. Pollen and dust hung in the steamy air as a perpetual haze which obfuscated our view of the sky. I…
by Kristyn Schott How are you feeling about the season you’re currently in? Are you thriving or barely surviving? Are you constantly wishing for a different season, to get out of the one you find yourself in? You see, I think we often spend the season we’re in wishing to be…
We've experienced more grief as a nation this year than we ever imagined possible. Many have suffered heartbreaking personal losses which make the world's darkness unbearable. We long for comfort. A breath of air above the merciless waves of pain. No matter what condolences our neighbors offer in an attempt to…
