Month: March 2018

The Cry of Dereliction

by Christina Fox, in category Faith
SUE HARRIS|GUEST “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus cried these painful and perplexing words from the cross. Although an antiquated term, dereliction means: the state of having been abandoned. It has been used by theologians for centuries to describe this cry from our Savior. When I first heard “cry of dereliction”… Read More
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Coming Alongside Those Who are Suffering

by CDM Media, in category Uncategorized

    Coming Alongside Those Who are Suffering: How do you move toward those who are in pain? What do you say when someone you know suffers a great loss? What really helps? Today, Nancy Guthrie joins Karen Hodge to share her own experience with the loss of two children. Nancy shares a biblical perspective… Read More

Our Suffering Savior

by Christina Fox, in category Suffering
BARBARANNE KELLY|GUEST We are all familiar with suffering, aren’t we? As members of the household of God, experiencing suffering and trials is more than our common experience, it is our calling. Within our local churches there is more than enough pain and heartbreak to share. When I think about the women in my Bible study… Read More

The Father’s Love

by Christina Fox, in category Motherhood
CHRISTINA FOX|EDITOR Have you ever lost sight of your child in a crowd? Maybe you were separated for just a moment, but in that one moment, your heart skipped several beats. There are two lost child moments that stick out in my mind with my own children. Once we were at the San Diego Zoo… Read More
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Peacemaking Women

by CDM Media, in category Uncategorized

Peacemaking Women: Are you a peace maker or a peace faker? The world is broken by sin, and we carry that sin into our relationships with others. How can we seek to be peacemakers that respond to conflict redemptively instead of emotively? Today, Tara Barthel joins Karen Hodge to discuss practical tools that will help… Read More

E: 10 Peacemaking Women

by Cami Summers, in category Podcast
Peacemaking Women: Are you a peace maker or a peace faker? The world is broken by sin, and we carry that sin into our relationships with others. How can we seek to be peacemakers that respond to conflict redemptively instead of emotively?  Tara Barthel joins Karen Hodge to discuss practical tools that will transform us… Read More

Longing for Home

by Christina Fox, in category Encouragement
KATY BRINK|GUEST In my life as an expat, I cannot escape wrestling with the idea of home and how to handle the tension of having multiple earthly homes (and occasionally the sense that I have none at all). My heightened focus on home right now stems both from what I’ve recently read and from what… Read More

On Choir Robes and Helping the Church

by Christina Fox, in category Community
SUSAN SHEPHERD|CONTRIBUTOR Our choir has always worn robes. I mean, always. Until one day, we didn’t.  Seriously, one week we arrived for rehearsal and our Worship Pastor announced with great enthusiasm that we were going without robes that Sunday. Without robes! What?? He explained the desire for our choir to grow in numbers, and the… Read More