JENILYN SWETT|GUEST My friend Bethany and I were sitting in the play area at Chick-Fil-A while her 2-year-old played. There were a handful of kids playing with and around her, and the kids outnumbered the grown-ups. In the course of their playing and climbing, Bethany’s little girl got scared by some of the older kids.… Read More
MEAGHAN MAY|GUEST My heart is wrung by the images of refugees on the nightly news and the texts I receive from friends whose marriages are struggling, whose children are ill, and a world that doesn’t know the hope of Jesus. About four times a day I think, “I wish that I had time to…”, or… Read More
SUSAN SHEPHERD|GUEST When I first joined our staff, my son was in preschool and my daughter had just started kindergarten. I still remember looking out the window of my office to catch a glimpse of her playing on the playground with her friends, in her red Mary Jane’s and plaid uniform jumper. Today, they are… Read More
SHARON MORGINSKY|GUEST My husband and I are planting a church in the city where we live and we have 4 young children. Most of our days and nights are filled with meeting with neighbors, having people over for dinner, and mentoring young adults walking out of poverty. Our house is always on the brink of… Read More
MELISSA KRUGER|CONTRIBUTOR In the midst of bottles, diapers, and sleepless nights it’s easy to understand why motherhood is a season when we’re apt to miss the harvest that surrounds us. Often we’re like the workers Jesus spoke about in John 4:35, believing the harvest is months away when, in reality, the fields are ripe before… Read More
HEATHER NELSON | CONTRIBUTOR I’ve long viewed rest as a luxury that I couldn’t afford. I was too busy. I’m a part-time counselor/writer/speaker, pastor’s wife, and a mom of young children. When was there time to rest? Rest seemed indulgent, until it became a necessity when I hit burnout in the fall of 2015. God… Read More
CHRISTINA FOX | EDITOR I often say that I learn just as much during our home-school lessons as my children. And that has been just as true this year in our study of Botany. Learning all the unique ways that plants grow, bear fruit, and scatter seeds is nothing short of amazing. The wonder and… Read More