Two years ago, the founder of this blog, Chara, challenged a bunch of us gals to think and pray over a word for our year. She read about #oneword365 and wanted to set the tone for an entire year by settling upon just that, one word. The first year I participated, my word was “Yes.”…
Motivations Made New
Author: Kate Franken As a new year approaches, dreams and ideals inundate my thoughts. I can easily get wrapped up in the New Year’s resolution mindset, hoping to make lasting changes. I know what the naysayers say. I’ve, at times, been one myself. Experience has taught me that adherence to resolutions is typically short-lived, but…
Deeper Longing
Author: Josh Hawes It is that time of the year again. We all know it’s coming. It’s the season where everyone thinks I’m a grinch. That’s right. I am the guy who doesn’t want to hear Christmas music before Thanksgiving. The guy who likes to question traditions, much to the discomfort of many in my…
Anchored Printable: Isaiah 9:6
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! We here at Anchored Voices hope that this season is filled with joy, even if you are facing deep sorrow, because we know both can exist within one person simultaneously. Our circumstances may be hard, but our souls can be at rest in the truth that our SAVIOR was born! We hope this…
Wisdom’s Doorway
Author: Kimberley Mulder Garland, on a fantastic sale, roped me in. Soon I was deep in the scrolling, pictures of fake evergreen to festoon my doorway flitting before me. Fantasies of sparkling greenery shimmering in new-fallen snow glimmered in my imagination. Until I realized how much time had passed and that I had purposed to…
The Christmas Baby
This Christmas season of tinsel, trees, and treats brings only joy—for some. For others, it feels like a cruel reminder of life’s disappointments or awakens emotions about absent family members. For both, Christmas might be a time when the magic of the manger gets lost in the pressing realities of life. This year for me,…
Change My Heart
Life is full of changes. We all know this, right? We have all experienced big and little changes in life, some people experience more drastic changes than others. As I write this, I am basking in the joy of my seventh wedding anniversary to my wonderful husband. Today we were recounting just a few of…
Goodbyes, Change, and Grandma
Author: Angela Burril I am not good at change. I like all things vintage, except my refrigerator and my long-distance traveling car—these I would prefer new or with very low mileage. Yet, aside from God, all things change. This last spring ushered in a profound change, and I have yet to get my mind and…
Anchored Printable: 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Turkeys are being defrosted and pies are being made! While you prepare to give thanks we are happy to bring you this thanksgiving-filled free printable designed by Sarah Dohman. Click here to grab your free 8×10 printable!
Fostering Change
Driving down the highway on auto-pilot, I spoke outloud to the little one gazing sleepily out the window as I breathed in the early morning air. “Today you get to be with your mom and dad all day, and pretty soon you don’t have to leave them anymore. They are going to take care of…
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