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article | May 3, 2010

I bet you’ve played a version of the comparison game. Maybe you are constantly judging whether or not other girls are smarter than you, or more popular or more athletic. Maybe you find yourself in constant competition with an older sibling or …

article | November 20, 2009

Some time ago, a woman came to the microphone at a conference and told of how, forteen years earlier, her adult daughter had been stalked and then viciously murdered by a man. The woman turned to me, standing in front of the …

article | March 25, 2015

One reader recently asked this hard question . . . “Can you write about how to pray for someone (like a dad or brother) struggling with sin?” I can read between those lines. That question wasn’t hypothetical. It wasn’t based on something …

article | May 11, 2020

I don’t like finding out about mistakes I’ve made, but I do like learning how to avoid them. When my pastor, Jeff Manion, shared a workshop about three common mistakes Bible teachers make, I realized I had been making all three! But …

article | June 9, 2008

We are committed to helping you identify the lies that have wrapped their way around your heart but we also want to encourage you to replace those lies with Truth. What truth exactly? Let us direct you to the only source of …

article | March 15, 2017

Her situation couldn’t have been much more hopeless. She’d tried it all—filled out endless forms, visited regular doctors, alternative doctors, traveling doctors, wannabe doctors, retired doctors. She’d read, researched, cried, and prayed. She’d taken every medical exam known to man. And still, …

article | August 22, 2001

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” Romans 12:2 (NIV). Recently I ran into a woman I had not seen for several weeks. I hardly recognized her. Her hair, …

article | March 23, 2020

When was the last time you had to take an unpopular stand? We sometimes hear high-profile news stories of Christians and Christian companies refusing to compromise on matters of faith or conscience. Some win victories, while others suffer loss. History brims with …

article | March 19, 2020

It seems like only days ago, people were filled with hope at the beginning of a new decade. The threat of a global pandemic was nowhere in our wildest imaginations. Now, a microscopic virus is lodged in the forefront of our minds, …

article | August 8, 2019

Today, we’re continuing the blog series The Women’s Ministry Leader Survival Guide with tool #2 from Judy Dunagan. I love Judy’s heart for prayer and its central role in our ministries. I’m taking notes, and I hope you will too! How is …