| Guest Essays |
How God has been present, and oh so faithful, in every season of life.

In Every Season
By Jennifer McAlister I parked my car on the side of the road and put my head in my hands. […]

A Woman for All Seasons
By Jackie Freeman For everything, there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to […]

God Redeems Our Stories
By Shannon Leibold I’m 45 and going back to school, hoping the old adage ‘You can’t teach an old dog […]

Encountering God’s Heart in Nature
By Susan Smith The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match […]

Faithfulness That Multiplies
by Kate A. Coker-Daisie I wasn’t the smartest math whiz in elementary or grade school, and when I went to […]

Surviving Harsh Boundaries
by Eugene C. Scott Two months after our wedding The Redheaded-Wildflower (my wife Dee Dee) ventured into the magnificent mountains […]

Legacy of a Mother: Grace and More Grace
By Sue Donaldson I’m fully aware that we become mothers to teach us humility. Just when we’re about to understand […]

A Long Winter, Then Sunshine
By Donna Chacko, MD My dark winter happened more than thirty years ago. I was very busy as a married […]

A Brave New Thing
By Robin Melvin During my husband’s Army career, we lived in seven states including Alaska, Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas. I […]

Loving Well By Letting Go
by Evelyn Sherwood When my dad moved in with us back in June of 2019 due to congestive heart failure, […]

A New Season Beyond the Fairy Tale
by Lindsey Bell As a child, it never occurred to me that life might not work out exactly as I […]

Joy in Every Season
by Vicki Bentley “Oh, I remember those days!” I turned, red-faced from wrangling my two young daughters and a cart […]