Social Anxiety. That’s what the therapist called it as I sat across from her on the mahogany leather couch. Her office was devised to...

Dear Future Family, “Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my...

One of the most popular google searches in the realm of mental health is “anxious Christian.” In Western culture we often dissect these...

Did you know that May is mental health awareness month? I’m so happy to see how far we’ve come as a church and as a society in inviting...

A Change of Focus Can Help! by Amy Lynn Simon For many years, I chalked up my lack of interest in our church’s women’s events to my being...

by Mary Rabe My personality has always been a bit of a conundrum, even to myself. See, I love people. I care so much about others, and I...

by Janet Bryant Brown The culture in our neck of the woods, a southern heavily logged area of the country thrives on drinking sweet tea,...

An Exerpt from Take Heart: God's Comfort for Anxious Thoughts As someone who has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder, social...

3 Ways to Make Friends a Priority Again by Jennifer F. Riales I know, this series is all about the introverts that would rather hang out...

By Elisa Preston As an introvert, showing up in relationships can be a struggle. Elisa gets it! I’m so excited to have my hope*writer...

A 2-Step Path to Self-Love & Spiritual Sight by Michelle TK Do you feel like you want to cut through the social noise to cultivate real...

Easter eggs. This year I'm especially digging them. Why? I'm glad you asked. 1. They are bright and beautiful. Our family's Easter this...

When life is tough, where are you God? When life is hard, this question feels like a lump in our throat. I think it's a worthy question,...

This is an adapted excerpt from my new book Take Heart: God's Comfort for Anxious Thoughts now available for PREORDER! “It’s so easy on...

LAST WEEK we talked about how struggle and hurt can cause us to feel distant from God. Is there any debris of hurt and doubt that has...

Are you in a season where you are feeling distant from God? I can relate. We went around the circle to answer some question. I honestly...

Are you a Christian that struggles with anxiety? Then friend, you are in good company. I don’t like that the meme takes the Lord’s name...

My thoughts on the Coronavirus. You hear Coronavirus, and you've already formed some kind of opinion. Yes in the U.S. somehow we can even...

The ultimate parenting reset. It wasn't about grace. Not at first at least. No, the "grace button" started out as the "reset button." I...

PHOTO BY RACHEL SCHOENEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY Their feet tangled together, baby blue high tops and pink ankle socks in sequined slip-ons. Their...

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world…Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name,...

How many jobs have you had? If you're like me, you could count on both hands. In college, I cleaned someone's house, babysat, and made...

“I need some space!” I hear my own words echoed in my three-year-old’s mouth as her big sister scoots beside her on the couch for a...

God pushed me into my life's greatest adventure. Where is he pushing you? Every negative pregnancy test has given me a little plunge of...

When life is hard we know that God is good, but in the moment of struggle we live in an unanswered question. Social media packages our...

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them...

Last night I had a dream that I’d taken my daughters out for a quick bite to eat. I wasn’t wearing makeup and my hair was in a mom bun....

“Where is God in ordinary life? When I’m numb and tired from heaps of laundry and stubborn kids. Where is God on those days I need him...

"If my heart looks broken in, then I've been brave enough to live..." Christa Wells Eight months pregnant with a two-year-old in...

Why Life's Greatest Challenges Make Our Hearts Wise and Beautiful Eyes squeezed shut, her body swayed and twirled as her arms reached...

Shame is a weapon that Satan uses to push many women behind self-sewn curtains of isolation. You see her over there—her eyes are averted,...

All winter has been one cage rattling cough after another. “It’s to be expected with an immuno-suppressed child,” the doctor said with a...

I had a dream. A dream where I waited in a long line. The queue of people wrapped around faded cement buildings. I saw a white haired...

The world overwhelms My doubt overcomes But the weight of Your Glory Gives me peace The noise of this world Crowds out Your Whispers But...

Learning to Say a Tentative Yes God is feeling so big in my heart right now that it’s hard to go through the every day motions of washing...

You know all my secrets baby, The truths that I hold in, Thanks for keeping quiet baby, For holding tight my hand. You know all my crazy...

Come meet me in the morning, When the monsters are asleep. Whisper me the promises, I know only you can keep. Come meet me in the...

I am with you now. In the wandering, in the waiting; when your plans didn’t work out. When your dreams aren’t coming true. I’m with you...

Sometimes brave is tucked within the humble, every day things of life. We think brave is shown in a big defining moment. But what if...