By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: Choose your hard. Have you heard this phrase before? I recently came across this online: “Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard. Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard. Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Choose your hard. Life will never be easy. It will always be hard. But we can choose our hard. Pick wisely.”  Read More

By Mike Adkins: In Jonah 1, God calls the prophet to preach repentance to the wicked people of Nineveh. Instead of obeying, Jonah runs in the opposite direction—away from God's will and into a storm.   Read More

By Guest Author | Rebecca Alfred: Tehillah. It’s a Hebrew word that means praise: a song of praise, adoration, glory. Not the rehearsed kind, but something spontaneous, genuine, raw. It's a cry from the depths of the soul. You’ll find it throughout Psalms and Isaiah, often where praise is described not just as an action, but as a lifeline.  Read More

By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: In John 14, Jesus speaks to His disciples about His impending departure. It’s a chapter filled with both truth and comfort. Jesus declares that He is the Way, offers reassurance in the face of coming grief, and promises the gift of the Holy Spirit.   Read More

By Melissa Pearson: 1 Corinthians 12:12–14 reminds us of a powerful truth: "There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body.   Read More

By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: One of the best parts about being an elementary school teacher is summer break. The first thing I do is turn off that 5:30 a.m. alarm on my phone. But one summer, I noticed something. I was enjoying my slower mornings and sleeping in a little, but I also live in a house with five kids, ages 5 to 20.   Read More