I sat, kneeled, and squatted until my muscles ached and burned from fatigue. My nails, even when covered with gloves, became encrusted with earth. The sun beat on my back. Sweat trickled down my neck. I, the greenthumb’s daughter, was gardening for the second weekend in a row. Let’s be real: I never voluntarily garden….
Tag: Hope
Donuts and Leaky Ceilings
Let’s be real: In the kingdom of God there are no second class citizens, but is that actually the mindset you and I live from week in and week out? One way God taught me about the equality of His kingdom was through a series of events I couldn’t have orchestrated. Picture this, a group…
Hope After the Psych Ward
Author: Sarah L. Sanderson A few hours after my discharge from the psychiatric ward of our local hospital, I walked over to my daughter’s elementary school to pick her up from first grade. It was the end of October, and the trees bore fewer leaves than when I’d last seen them, four days before. As…
Hope in Who God Says He is
Author: Sarah Dohman “God is drawing me to Him- to require me to rely upon His timing, His promises. To solidify that His plans are better than my own. I’m not saying this is easy. My heart longs for answers. I know my small, quiet desires- the ones I hide deep within and only a…
When Faith Feels Like Failure
Author: Chara Donahue My husband and I took a step of faith this year by walking away from a place we loved. We knew we were stepping onto the path God had laid before us, but it felt horrible. We have peace that it was the right decision along with expectant hope for what is…
When You’re Sent Spinning
Author: Holly Hawes Not to sound pessimistic as we embark on a new year, but I have had a revelation; most of my years have been marked with failure. I’m not forgetting that joy has been there too, dashes of laughter and periods of growth have all been present in my life. However, I have…
Before I Rise
Author: Chara Donahue Before I Rise I must make the choice. It’s on me. What to believe? What to negate? Today I ask, which voice will it be? Live in the light determined to see, or let depravity poison today’s fate? I must make the choice, It’s on me. Passively cower? An internal absentee? Will…
Hope for the Anxious Heart
Author: Chara Donahue Last year my four year-old came running at me as I laid reading, and she jumped with reckless abandon onto my back. Normally, this would have been benign, but this time her elbow struck the tissue sandwiched between two of my vertebrae. The result of which was nerve damage the doctor said…
Somewhere Between the Be and the Go
Author: Chara Donahue It was early Saturday, my husband leaned over to me and whispered he was going to go to the gym for his jujitsu class. Perfect, I thought, he will take the little ones with him, and I will go back to sleep. What a beautiful plan; he is so wonderful; I love…
Prayers for the Gutsy Girl
Author: Chara Donahue Years ago, I attended a ministry boot camp with Darrin Patrick as the keynote speaker. He shared a personal prayer he often prayed with his son. I did not have a son at the time, but the power of it struck me. I stored it away in the pathways of the brain, just in…
Anchored Voices 