The Importance of Prayer for Leaders

The Importance of Prayer for Leaders

  For the first several years after finishing law school, I felt like I was running into a brick wall in my career. I was working with a large law firm here on the Gulf Coast defending insurance companies. I felt like there was something more I wanted and needed...
Overtaken By Joy

Overtaken By Joy

OVERTAKEN BY JOY By Logan Stogner I’ve had a front-row seat to God’s salvation work. I have seen Him transform the hearts of atheists, Buddhists, and relativists. I cannot express the joy that overwhelmed my soul every time He used me as a conduit. I’ve experienced...
Retired But Not Retiring: Don’t Waste Your Life

Retired But Not Retiring: Don’t Waste Your Life

Being Retired, But Not Retiring By: Grace Schiemann I grew up in a Christian home regularly attending Sunday School and church. I knew who God was, but I didn’t have a personal relationship with Him. I knew Bible stories, but I didn’t understand their special meaning...
The Harley

The Harley

The Harley By: Mark Howie In the beginning stages of my midlife crisis, I acquired a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Learning to ride was hysterical for my family and neighbors to watch. I was so concerned with not hitting the mailboxes in my neighborhood that I fixated...
The Shoebox Legacy

The Shoebox Legacy

The Shoebox Legacy By: Nataly O’Hara Koch Shoeboxes are such simple things. Made of plain cardboard most people just toss them once their contents have emptied. A few boxes get recycled into a school project here and there. But not all shoeboxes are created...
Let It Burn

Let It Burn

Let it Burn By: Anne Imboden Last summer seven women gathered around the fire pit in my backyard. They were staring into the flames, eyes wet with tears. They were watching as the fire burned up their handwritten lists of negative thoughts, harmful self-talk, and...