by Melody Carlson Although the idea of discovering one’s related to royalty might be intriguing and interesting, I’d be completely...

by Abbie Halberstadt All suffering is hard. But not all hardship is suffering. Oxford Languages dictionary says that to suffer is to...

by Mollie Rushmeyer In 2004, I did something no one who knew introverted me could’ve ever expected—I signed up to attend a summer-long...

by Catherine Parks In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, my children and I found ourselves sitting at home with a good deal of extra...

by Amanda Cox I can’t recall the moment that I first became enchanted by honeybees. I’m sure it had something to do with watching the...

by Valerie Fraser Luesse When readers ask how I became a storyteller, I often credit the old black-and-white Magnavox TV that anchored a...

by Rachel Hauck Every summer, the cousins on my mom’s side gather for four days in eastern Tennessee. We laugh, take walks and naps,...

by Becky Harling Many of us grew up praying the Lord’s Prayer. We can say it by rote memory. In fact, thousands around the world pray it...

by Cindy Morgan They say the first rule of writing is to write what you know. Though fiction is a creation of untrue events, I believe...

by Cathy Gohlke Growing up, my family moved too often. Meeting new people and establishing friendships was hard for this introvert, and...

by Pam Farrel “Watch the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established” -Proverbs 4:26 One of the questions I am asked the...

by Susie Finkbeiner A couple of years ago, I walked to the neighborhood park with my kids. It was a sunny day, just right for spending...

by Pam Farrel & Karen Whiting God’s Word is power packed with promises of joy. In our new devotional, Growing a Joyful Heart, we invite...

by Cindy K. Sproles I'm a mountain girl, born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of upper east Tennessee. In the mountains,...

by Cindy K. Sproles We’re losing our Christian worldview. That was the thought that shot through my mind. Where are the absolutes? When...

by T.I. Lowe There is an indigo revival happening in my home state of South Carolina. I didn’t realize just how much until I started...

Keeping God in the Midst of Our Relationships by Jocelyn Green Though The Metropolitan Affair is wrapped around art forgeries in...

by Janine Rosche When I wrote the first draft of With Every Memory back in 2016, I’d been married for nearly fifteen years. Marriage to...

by Katie McCoy “Mom? Dad? I need to tell you I’m not really a girl.” When 12-year-old Grace came out as non-binary to her parents, they...

by Justin McRoberts The practice of rest is the primary way I’m regularly learning to wrestle loose of the grip lesser stories have on me...