(Sex) Life More Abundantly (After Rape)

devotional, Guest Post

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

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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

devotional, Guest Post

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

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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...

Beach Blessing by Jackie Layton

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Shelia, thank you for asking me to share about hope with you today. God has always been a part of my life. He’s carried me through the valleys and rejoiced with me at the peaks. The ocean is one place where I feel especially close to God. For years my family visited...

A Ten Year Celebration

devotional, Guest Post, Stories of Hope

By Paula Mowery On Wednesday, September 30th, my husband reminded me of a ten year anniversary. No, it wasn’t our wedding anniversary. That’s twenty-six years this year. Ten years ago on that Wednesday my husband had heart valve replacement surgery. His faulty valve...