by Kristen Odegaard | Nov 18, 2020 | Anxiety, God, Gratitude, Self Awareness, Suffering
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus In a few weeks, we will celebrate a holiday that is a yearly reminder for us to be thankful. At our house,...
by Kristi Knott | Oct 14, 2020 | Anxiety, Identity, Suffering, Uncategorized
I have a secret. I am learning, however, to be more open about it, because it shows the power of the gospel in my life. I live with anxiety. At times it has been crippling. My most difficult bout with anxiety was last Fall. What began as a fun family movie night...
by Tiffany Ricketts | Sep 30, 2020 | Grief, Identity, Suffering
“When the earth and everyone living upon it spin into chaos, I am the One who stabilizes and supports it.” Psalm 75:3 (The Voice) When my husband and I were in training to become adoptive parents through the State, our instructor walked us through an exercise I...
by Nancy Guthrie | Sep 9, 2020 | Grief, Suffering
How do you come alongside someone who is grieving? This question is critical in for any believer, even more so as we are facing an insurmountable number of challenges and loss in the past year. As many of us know, losing a loved one is never easy. Sometimes the hurt...
by Kristi Knott | Sep 2, 2020 | Grief, Suffering
Loss It seems fitting that I am writing about grief on “Overdose Awareness Day.” How else can I honor my brother, Jason Paul Keels, than to write about the gaping hole in my heart? I still have his phone number- even though it belongs to somebody else now. For 6...
by Jen Hibbs | Aug 26, 2020 | Grief, Suffering
On March 12th I was speaking in Mom to Mom with the topic: Tools to Help in Hard Times. We really had no idea what the next six months would bring as the realities of this pandemic sank in. Kids home from school, businesses closing, church not meeting. All sense of...
