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October 2026

October 09, 2026

Faith and Finding Your Current Season

“To everything there is a season,” Ecclesiastes tells us, “and a time to every purpose...

September 2026

September 23, 2026

Faith and End of Life Planning

The Psalmist's prayer to “teach us to number our days, that we may gain a...

September 17, 2026

Faith and Purpose in Retirement

Retirement is often framed, even in faith communities, as a season of well-earned rest —...

September 09, 2026

Faith and Financial Order During Divorce

Scripture describes God as a God of order, not confusion — a truth that applies...

September 02, 2026

Faith and Financial Preparation Before Divorce

For many women of faith, the idea of quietly gathering financial documents before or during...

August 2026

August 22, 2026

Christian Dating After Divorce: Discernment Over Fear

Scripture never asks believers to trust their raw instincts without question — it asks for...

August 08, 2026

When God Doesn’t Give You the Whole Map

Scripture is full of people who were told to go before they were told where....

July 2026

July 30, 2026

From Surviving to Whole: A Path Through Family Change

Scripture rarely promises a return to how things were. It promises something different: that God...

July 25, 2026

Boundaries as Faithfulness: What Scripture Says

For many of us raised in faith, the word "boundary" can feel suspiciously secular —...

July 18, 2026

When Love Has to Change: Loving What’s Real

Scripture never promises us that love stays the same shape forever. It asks something harder...

July 11, 2026

Your Child Feels Like a Stranger? A Prayer for the Waiting

Loneliness doesn't show up in the Psalms by name, but I think David understood it...

July 06, 2026

The Fence and the Garden: What Boundaries Are Actually For

I used to believe, somewhere beneath the level of conscious thought, that being a good...

June 2026

June 27, 2026

When the Quiet Comes After Letting Go

You finally did the thing you knew you needed to do. You released the rescue...

June 19, 2026

Who You Are Beneath the Roles You’ve Played

There is a question in scripture that stops me every time I encounter it. Not...

June 12, 2026

Learning to Love Without Carrying — A Spiritual Practice

Last week I wrote about the burden many of us carry — the invisible weight...

June 03, 2026

A Faith Reflection for Weary Mothers

There is a verse I kept reading during the hardest years of my life that...

May 2026

May 22, 2026

When Motherhood Changes and the Silence Gets Loud

You reach a point in mothering where the silence can feel spiritually disorienting. Image courtesy...

May 13, 2026

When Mother’s Day Hurts More Than You Expected

Mother’s Day can be complicated for women whose lives no longer look the way they...

May 09, 2026

Emotional Exhaustion in Motherhood

You can love deeply and still feel worn down by it. That tension confuses a...

April 2026

April 25, 2026

When God Gently Asks, “What About You?”

There is a moment many mothers do not expect. After years of pouring out, caring, guiding,...

April 14, 2026

Loving Your Adult Child Without Playing God

There is a sacred tension in parenting adult children that many of us never anticipated....

April 06, 2026

Walking on Eggshells With Adult Children

Heartbreak comes in many varieties, some loud, some quiet. The quiet ones are sometimes inside...

March 2026

March 28, 2026

Letting Go Is an Act of Faith: Adult Children

As our adult children mature, there is a quiet surrender that may take you by...

March 21, 2026

Chasing Your Adult Child Can Backfire

There is a quiet heartbreak many mothers carry into midlife, and it rarely has anything...

March 14, 2026

The Burden of Mother Blame

One of the quiet heartbreaks many mothers experience is distance from an adult child. When...

March 06, 2026

Loving Your Adult Child Without Losing Yourself

There is a particular kind of prayer that only mothers of adult children understand. “Lord,...

February 2026

February 19, 2026

Forgiveness Isn’t Always a Feeling

There is a version of forgiveness that sounds soft and sentimental. As if one day...

February 13, 2026

When God Feels Quiet in Your Second Act

There is a kind of loneliness that does not come from people. It comes from...

February 06, 2026

When Faith Leads You Forward, Not Back

The prayer God answered may not be the one He’s asking you to keep living....

January 2026

January 23, 2026

The Silent Ache of Loving an Adult Child Who Is Struggling

There is a quiet ache many mothers carry that few people see. It doesn’t announce...