The Power to Overcome
How are you today? No, I mean how are you—really? If you could give yourself an emotional, physical, and spiritual checkup on a scale of one to ten (with a…
How are you today? No, I mean how are you—really? If you could give yourself an emotional, physical, and spiritual checkup on a scale of one to ten (with a…
Mother's Day is coming up this weekend. According to StatisticBrain.com, the USA boasts a total of 85.4 million moms. The source calculates $671 billion will be spent on Mother's Day…
When we fall, we must choose whether or not to say, “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” It’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. Did you know there are ways to increase your chances of survival in a fall, even if it is accidental (like from scaffolding around a building project) or recreational (as in the case of an adventurous skydive)? In the same way, you and I can learn to thrive after we slip and fall in the trials and challenges life brings. These lessons, when applied, can prepare us for the times when life knocks us flat on our faces. We know that it’s not a matter of if but when we fall.
I am Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner. I am a woman who loves Jesus, former widow of a 28-year marriage, almost two-year new marriage and wife of my second husband, mother of…
“Run, Forrest, Run.” Remember the movie Forrest Gump? He says, “Now you wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but I can run like the wind blows. From that day…
How essential is hope? Survivors of the Auschwitz Holocaust say the only thing that pulled them through horrific years of torture and captivity in the German concentration camps was to…
If you’ve ever second-guessed a decision you made, you are in like company. Henrietta Mears, the founder of Gospel Light, was asked at the end of her life if she…
*This article was originally published in Reclaim magazine. Is there an empty place at your table this Christmas? For many, this will be their first holiday season without their loved one.…
I am a huge American Idol fan. I remember cheering on winners like Kelly Clarkson (season 1), Carrie Underwood (season 4), and Taylor Hicks (season 5). Each season I was…
Six years (tomorrow) have passed since the horrible day of Pastor Paul’s tragic motor cycle accident that tore his life from my arms. So in the past few weeks and…