When God Asks You to Stay
Five years ago, I had just moved back to Atlanta after three marvelous years in Nashville. I...
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Category: Encouragement for When Things Get Hard
What to Expect When Leaving Full-time Lay Missionary Life
God didn’t leave you behind when you left the mission field. Full-time lay missionary work...
Read MoreHow to be Afraid and Move Forward Anyway
Fear is easily overcome by action, even if that action is small. I started ballet when I was 13. After years of dreaming I’d be an Olympic figure skater, I was forced to recognize that it was too late for my Olympic dreams, but...
Read MoreThe Hard Work of Making Your Dreams Come True
When I sit down to do my work,I am participating in somethingbigger than myself. I feel a growing sense of awe and wonderment that this is my life: I am a writer! After the hope*writers conference I...
Read MoreSuffering is Never Permanent, and Other Lessons from Fall
Take heart, friend. The day after Daylight Savings Time ended, as I drove to work, bleary-eyed and slurping down my coffee through a bright green milkshake straw, I noticed the sunlight filter through the trees. This was a...
Read MoreSome encouragement for when you have goals that seem to be at odds.
Is it really possible to do it all? I feel like I’m chasing two goals at once. As confusing as this is, I can think of no other way forward–just take one patient step after another toward the completion of each goal. My...
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