December 2004.  Sacramento, California. Freshly divorced. Adoption day.   Your foster mom brought you over. We watched you intently. You took in your surroundings. Unsure. I knew nothing... READ MORE

It was Valentine’s Day.  A secret day.  Today, she would marry him. At 23, she knows what she wants.   A break-up. Secrets withheld. “If you... READ MORE

The breeze blows through big open windows rustling the white drapes. The oppressive heat hasn’t fully arrived yet today but it’s coming. Birds chirp... READ MORE

  Hi. My name is Melanie and I feel like a failure on a daily basis.   I fail at finishing my to... READ MORE

While driving through the cornfields of Iowa on my way home from Colorado, I heard God's voice for the first... READ MORE

Have you ever had a stranger speak over your life like they knew you intimately? Tonight was a first for... READ MORE

Saturday, October 25, 2014 Skyline Drive in Shenandoah early on a Saturday morning in late October. The leaves are close to... READ MORE

Missions work is 90% presence & 10% performance.        On our third and final day of the Women of Worth Conference in... READ MORE

5am iPhone alarms ringing in different tones down the echoing hallway of the ladies "dorm" at the Ave Maria Retreat... READ MORE

"Life isn't about the mistakes you make, it's about what you do next." - Lee McFarland at National Community Church Failure is... READ MORE