I’m a firm believer that the Bible doesn’t offer us a lot of formulas. For example, as the creator of Million Praying Moms, I talk a lot about being a praying mom and often share the story of how God used motherhood to kick my feet out from under me in all the best ways….
We all have mind battles—things that trigger our thought processes to go into overdrive with worry, stress, anxiety, analysis paralysis, and fear. We can relate to these feelings because we’ve experienced one or more of them on multiple occasions throughout our lives. It’s a struggle because these emotions are controlling us. We cannot win the…
I kept a secret for months, too afraid to speak it aloud to anyone. The secret thrived on an irrational fear, so in my embarrassment, I was quiet. Then, one day, my husband described a terrible nightmare. “You died,” he explained. “And I was left all alone to raise our kids.” I froze in fear….
We opened church by playing with playdough last week. One person on a team created something from a list of words, and the others had to guess what it was. I am sad to say, my husband and I lost by a significant margin. I guess it’s good for the pastor to be humbled. We’re…
I am an oldest child. I am a planner and a goal-setter. I have big dreams and plans, and I know exactly how I am going to get there. Then came the drought of 2021. The average rainfall on our North Dakota farm during the growing season is eighteen inches. This year we have had…
I don’t think anyone chose the word anxiety as their Word of the Year for 2020 or 2021, but I know many of us felt like it was chosen for us. For some of us, anxiety is a feeling that comes and goes, and for others, it’s more like the backdrop of the rest of…