Book Review: The Essential Guide to Healing
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Book Review: The Essential Guide to Healing

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a book review, yet I’ve been reading quite a bit. Bethany House Book Reviews sent me Bill Johnson and Randy Clark’s Essential Guide to Healing: Equipping All Christians to Pray for the Sick. This was an easy to read book that contained practical yet Biblical instruction and examples from…

COTT’s April W. Gardner Interviews Lisa Lickel
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COTT’s April W. Gardner Interviews Lisa Lickel

* guest post by COTT Senior Editor, April W Gardner The lovely Lisa Lickel has stopped by today to talk about her frigid Wisconsin winters, her 1830’s ship’s captain house, and her growing list of published novels. Join us! Lisa is a Wisconsin writer who lives with her husband in a hundred and fifty-year-old house built by…

Sabbath Sunday: I Got This
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Sabbath Sunday: I Got This

Each Sunday I like to post one of my amateur nature pictures along with a thought about God, in hopes that it encourages you on this day of rest. You can love it, hate it, agree, disagree, but know this, you didn’t find this post by accident. I shared a couple weeks ago on Facebook…

Character Confession: About Those Sticks and Stones
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Character Confession: About Those Sticks and Stones

Saturday—Sleeping in, spending time with family, and oh right, Character Confession.             As you should know by now, I prefer to gain wisdom from the Bible. It’s also known as God’s Word. Speaking of His Word, I’m concerned about words. The Bible even says quite a bit about it. The…

Surrendering Needless Suffering: Guest Blogger Shawna
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Surrendering Needless Suffering: Guest Blogger Shawna

One of my favorite things to do is to serve as a mentor mom with my local MOPS-Mothers of Preschoolers chapter. Earlier in the year a MOPS mom shared her story with the group and I was really impacted by it. I have a feeling many moms suffered and didn’t receive encouragement like Shawna has…