(Sex) Life More Abundantly (After Rape)

By Jerri Kelley It was a family member the first time. I was little, too little to be seen as sexually attractive by a man, but sometimes men see sick fantasy and not reality. At 16 I was assaulted by someone I knew and raped on a date when I was 17. By the time I was...

Hope for Healing

I pray for inspiration each week as I consider writing a story of hope. Today’s post is about hope for healing. Terry’s son, Keith, needs a kidney. He is in the prime of his life and has a daughter in college. I was shopping at Walmart, lost in thought, considering...

Gathered Fragments

By Harriet Michael And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” John 6:12 (ESV) I first noticed this verse in an old handwritten book my father has on his shelf. It was handed down to him by...

Thriving After a Storm

My church split last year. We endured a storm on the same scale as hurricane Katrina and I wondered if our church could survive, much less thrive. On our last mission trip, our missionary leader explained there are people who make things happens, people who watch...