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1. Worship Artist Brings Awareness to National Widow's Day ...

"The constant loneliness and the constant grief—it was so heartbreaking to see." That's how Christian singer Holly Starr remembers her grandmother's season as a widow. May 3 is National Widow's Day, and S ...

Created on 03 May 2019

2. How to Escape the Valley of the Shadow of Death

...  was that consistent grief recovery for my children and myself was found only in secular environments. Grief programs in church lasted a few weeks or months. All widows and grieving women I interviewed ...

Created on 23 June 2017

3. Miraculous Compassion After Indescribable Grief

I had a renewed strength and some encouragement after leaving Dover, witnessing the honor paid in respect of my husband. I realized how much of a hero Javier truly was, and I decided I would pour all my ...

Created on 14 March 2017

4. Unforgettable Lessons on Healing From Heart-Scarring Loss

No, I'm not really alone. I never have been, and I never will be. But grief is hard. My husband died exactly one year ago. I don't think I've ever been through anything so exhausting—not OB-GYN residency, ...

Created on 28 February 2017

5. A Christ-Focused Widow's 2 Keys to Healing in Excruciating Sorrow ...

There's no way to make death and grief OK. Death is an aberration in God's universe, and every time we meet it there is suffering. We try all kinds of things to delay it, ignore it and pretend we can evade ...

Created on 23 January 2017

6. God the Father's Life-Changing Declaration Over You This Christmas

A circle of kindergartners sat before me, each eagerly waiting their turn to voice their Christmas wishes. I chose Max to go next. "And what would you like for Christmas this year, Max?" His little chipmunk ...

Created on 12 December 2016

7. The Most Impactful—and Inexpensive—Gift You Can Give This Christmas

Children waved gleefully, poking their heads out of their bedroom windows to greet us as our red van pulled down the muddy driveway. My heart flipped, and tears came to my eyes when I saw the explosive ...

Created on 30 November 2016

8. What to Do When Your Messy Emotions Hinder Your Relationships

"Look, she's calling you Mommy!" said a beautifully well-intentioned friend, wanting to celebrate just how quickly we'd become a family. My little girl was building with Legos in the corner, and her less-than-nimble ...

Created on 25 November 2016

9. Helping Your Child Grow in Spirit-Led Intercession

... Sunday school teacher, or coaches. If they didn't know what to pray, we asked God to give their teachers wisdom and endurance. Wednesday – Widows and orphans. We prayed for specific ones we knew. We prayed for ...

Created on 26 September 2016

10. How Jesus Set Women Free

"He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound" (Is. 61:1). It is unfortunate that some men I greatly esteem do not ...

Created on 29 April 2016

11. The Isaiah 1:17 Fight Every Believer Is Called To

...  of the orphans. Fight for the rights of widows" (Is. 1:17, NLT). It is obvious that Jesus has a heart for uprightness, so we must fight with everything in us against anything that opposes it. Human traffickin ...

Created on 04 February 2016

12. 5 Things Women Can Learn From Mary Magdalene

With many new movies portraying the life of Jesus on the big screen, including Risen, which is released February 19th and The Young Messiah on March 11th, some viewers may overlook the impact and role ...

Created on 04 February 2016

13. When You're Suddenly Single Again

I met Steve Stern when I was 16 years old. We fell in love when I was 18 and were married one year later. Knowing him, loving him, making a life with him—it's most of what I know in this world.   When ...

Created on 15 January 2016

14. Getting Through Your First Holiday After Losing Your Husband

It's a gray, snowy Monday here in our little mountain town. We've had a lot of gray this year, which isn't at all typical.  Our city's weather resume proudly lists "300 days of sunshine per year," and ...

Created on 08 January 2016

15. How to Find Your Prophetic Voice

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." Raise your hands if you've ever heard ... Wait—no, please don't. Everyone's heard this axiom, and many of us have tried to take ...

Created on 12 January 2015

16. When God's Timing Doesn't Synch With You

"Therefore comfort one other with these words" (1 Thess. 4:18). As I have meditated on the wondrous nativity story this Christmas, I have been struck by Elizabeth's response to her pregnancy after a lifetime ...

Created on 29 December 2014

17. Getting to the Other Side of Grief

I ran into a friend at the mall today who recently lost her brother. He was 27 years old. Far too young with too much life to live. Matt and I had the privilege of going to his service a few weeks ago ...

Created on 08 December 2014

18. 6 Ways to Handle Loss

It was one of those gray days where the heavy clouds depicted my emotions. They looked like they could shed streams of water any minute, and I felt as though I could shed streams of tears. This month marks four ...

Created on 05 December 2014

19. Where Are the Spiritual Mothers?

I have asked myself over and over the question that Silver Threads, by Kate Megill of Teaching What Is Good, opens up with: "Where are the Titus 2 women of today? Why have today's young wives and mothers ...

Created on 01 December 2014

20. Why Women Should Speak Up in the Church

As I continue to think through a third way on gender, I am burdened for the voice of the helper that God gave to the man. Was Eve designed only to help with her hands or her body? Or was there something ...

Created on 17 November 2014