The God of Stories [Kristen Gwen]
In today’s post, author Kristen Gwen shares about her path to storytelling—and the inspiration we’ve been given from the greatest storyteller of all.
[Guest Post: May Calim] Balancing Children and Career
As working moms, it’s never easy juggling time between our children and work. But what is it like choosing our children first? Significantly, there are three essential factors to consider.
[Guest Post: Olivia Smit] Seasons of Dirt
My husband and I live in an apartment across from a farmer’s field (it’s one of those situations where the city has inched outwards: parking lots and residential neighbourhoods on one side of the road, farmland on the other). I love looking out the window and seeing open space instead of traffic lights, and the…
[Guest: Megan Gerig] The Secret to Getting Things Done
I’m a wife, stay-at-home mom, writer, and editor, so I balance quite a few hats and don’t have a lot of free time. When my son was born, I knew I wanted to be a mom first and foremost, so I decided only to work during his naps and whenever I had babysitting help. This…
[Guest: J. L. Rowan] Under Her Own Life’s Key
Today’s blog post is a short story. The cottage door opened and shut as Selenna bent over her mother’s sleeping form. She felt her mother’s forehead—cool and dry— before straightening to find Maera, her lifelong friend, standing before her with a frown. Maera lifted an eyebrow. “The elders said you returned. I called them liars.”…
[Guest: Olivia Smit] On (Not) Looking Ahead
In seasons where life feels slow and dull and the future seems to hold all the promises we could imagine, it’s easy to focus on tomorrow like it’s the dangling carrot getting us through today. We keep our eyes on the prize, striving for the next day, the coming weeks, the summer months, or even…
[Guest: Kristi Cain] Leaving 2020
Twenty-twenty is over. Finally.
The Worship or the Worshipper? [Guest Post – Parker Harrison]
Christians love to worship, usually through music. A few days ago, I was with fellow believers from our church. As a young man (young to me, anyway) led us in song, Jesus’ presence was intimate, sweet, refreshing. Afterwards, a few of us seasoned women bemoaned how it’s harder to sing as we grow older. When…
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