Wrestling Through: Clinging to Who God is When Life Leaves us Hanging
September 20, 2021Guest Post by Rachel Schelb God is good, and He is able. I’ve heard this sentiment my entire life. I believe this to be true, but how do I have faith when things go wrong? I remember several years ago when we had several church members die within a year from cancer. These were healthy individuals with families who loved the Lord. I knew God could heal, but would He? When He didn’t provide earthly healing, many of us were left wondering why. I’ve had numerous conversations with God about why He has allowed me to endure various heartaches and…
Wrestling Through: Even Mature Believers Face Struggles in their Faith
Wrestling Through Deep Loss and Grief My name is John Cox. I’m 73 years old and just happen to be Terri’s father. Terri asked me to write a short article on a time in my life when I was struggling. …
10 Ways to Hold Tight to Hope When You Are Tempted to Lose Heart
As Christians, we live in the tension of of our present reality and future hope. It is easy to grow discouraged as we try to navigate our way through this upside-down place. We know it’s not supposed to be this…
Wrestling Through the Waiting
By Alex Fly Topics: Infertility, patient endurance, abiding in Christ, reading Scripture. I’m really familiar with waiting. Like up-close-and-personal kind of familiar. Like you’ve-seen-all-the-worst-parts-of-me kind of familiar. Waiting and I—we’re not exactly friends, but I don’t think we’re enemies either.…
#Struggles: Following Jesus in a Selfie-Centered World by Craig Groeschel
Young Adult Issues/Social Media/Christian Living/Spiritual Growth
Fervent by Priscilla Shirer
Prayer/Christian Living/Spiritual Growth
Faithful
Foreward by Amy Grant/Christian Living/Women’s Issues Read what I am learning about the faithfulness of God through these stories on my Instagram feed.
Rising Above the Cultural Noise: Seeking a Strengthened Faith
Do you want to grow in authentic faith? First step: Rise above the temptation to rely on someone else’s relationship with God for yours to make sense. Read, pray, seek godly counsel, and know what you believe and not what…
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
Christian Non-fiction/Christian Living/Practical Theology/Christian Classics
When Distraction Derails Our Best Intentions
(And maybe even our wardrobes…) When my children were young, there was a time when money was tight as a one-income family. I had been wanting new furniture for our growing family, so I decided to get a part-time job…
Holding the Gaze as an Act of Love
As Shakespeare once penned, the eyes are the window to the soul. Earlier still, the Bible calls the eyes the lamp of the body in Matthew 6:22-23. Our inner man peers out through our eyes, revealing the light we claim…