- Addiction, Depression, Discouragement, Faith, Family, Grief and Loss, Health, Heart, Hope, Mental Illness, Mind, Non-Fiction Story, Prodigal Children, Soul, Strength, Suicide, Tragedy
Mom and the Prodigal Veteran – Part Two
By Diane Underhill on @deenamadams This week’s post is the dramatic conclusion of Diane Underhill’s story of hope about her son, Matt, who was injured in Iraq. We pick up where Matt had decided to have his leg amputated due…
- Addiction, Depression, Discouragement, Faith, Family, Grief and Loss, Health, Heart, Hope, Mental Illness, Mind, Non-Fiction Story, Prodigal Children, Soul, Strength, Suicide, Tragedy
Mom and the Prodigal Veteran
By Diane Underhill on @deenamadams This week’s story of hope is from Diane Underhill, a friend of mine at church. Diane’s story, while a sad and painful journey, shows the faithfulness and power of God through the answered prayers of…
Surviving the Storm of Breast Cancer
By @BarbaraMBritton In this week’s post, you’ll meet Barbara Britton, an author friend I’ve only met online. When I read her story of cancer survival, I reached out to her and asked permission to share, and she graciously agreed. May…
Enter the New Year With Hope
Changes for 2020 If you’re like me, when a new year rolls around, you take time to reflect on the previous year and make some decisions on how you want to change in the coming year. For example, I’ve realized…
- Abortion, Abuse/Neglect, Aging Parents, Anxiety, Crisis Pregnancy, Depression, Discouragement, Divorce, Faith, Family, Grief and Loss, Health, Heart, Hope, Marriage, Mental Illness, Prodigal Children, Rejection, Soul, Strength, Suicide, Tragedy
Hope Was Born In a Manger
Over 2,000 years ago, Hope was born in a manger. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.…
How a Wedding Anniversary Led to Adoption
Janet DeCastillia and her husband, Jeff, are dear friends of mine from church and faithfully follow God’s leading in their lives. I know you’ll be blessed as Janet shares this week’s story about how God called them to advocate for…
- Depression, Discouragement, Faith, Family, Heart, Hope, Hope-filled Fiction, Mental Illness, Non-Fiction Story, Soul, Tragedy
How Can You Offer Hope to the Homeless?
Is it just me, or does it seem that we see more people in need this time of year? People are poor and homeless all year long, but in the winter months, their needs are more prevalent … or maybe we’re just…
When Depression Robs Your Gratitude
Sometimes circumstances in our lives can be so difficult we find it hard to celebrate holidays with joy. With Thanksgiving approaching this week, my mind drifted to one of those periods for me twelve years ago. We were going through a…
Spiritual Lessons From a Spin Class
After two weeks in Dallas and New Mexico, then another five days at the Mountainside Novelist Retreat, I continued to shove physical exercise to the back burner to play catch up on my work, home, and writing projects. This morning…
Are You Flying By the Seat of Your Pants?
Since I’ve entered the writing world this past year, I’ve learned several new terms, three of which include pantser, plotter, and planster. Pantser means to “fly by the seat of your pants,” with no clue where the story is going…
