When I was a high school senior, I heard a sermon about Shadrach, Meshach, andAbednego where the pastor pointed out a detail in Daniel 3:27 I’d never noticed.There was no smell of fire on them. Everyone knows if you stand near a fire for even two minutes your hair will smell likesmoke for days. If…
Who has despised the day of small things?Zechariah 4:10, NKJV When I came to pastor the Brooklyn Tabernacle decades ago, we had just a handful of people. At first I had natural enthusiasm. I wasn’t seminary trained, and my sermons were bad, and the offerings were pitiful—the first one I collected was eighty-five dollars—but I…
In 2023, I released my first book, and my husband became a partner in his orthodontic practice. It was the year our dreams finally came true. Then, the second half of 2023 came along. One of our children developed severe anxiety. This anxiety presented in both emotional and physical ways. We saw the light that…
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” I Thessalonians 5:11 (ESV) I don’t know why I hadn’t picked up on it earlier. But one early Friday evening, I looked out to see my husband walking by with his shoulders slumped and his stride too slow. He moved as…
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7, NIV I always say that my daughter, Glory, woke me up to life. She had just turned four years old when she had her first seizure, a seizure that should have left her unable to walk or…
Bess and Gary couldn’t wait for the empty nest. Raising their kids had been tough. They had different approaches to discipline, they’d struggled on a tight budget, and they’d postponed many of their dreams in order to be with their kids. Now the last one was leaving the nest, and they felt they had done…
“I will ponder the way that is blameless…I will walk with integrity of heart within my house. I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless.” Psalm 101: 2 (ESV) When I was a little girl, I used to play “house” for hours with my cousins. We’d make our rooms out of plastic-woven tri-fold beach chairs turned on…
“May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children.“Psalm 115:14 NIV It’s been a minute since I’ve done the back-to-school thing, but whether you’re sendinga toddler to preschool with a nap mat under her arm or a teenager to college with a new mattress topper and a whole bed-in-a-bag, I imagine you…
“Be Still and Know that I am God.”Psalm 46:10(a) It was one of those moments when I wished I had a “fast-forward” button for my life. I sat in the sterile room waiting for the surgeon to arrive. On the tray table next to me were needles, scalpels and gauze. I could feel my sympathetic…
Club31Women is honored to showcase the winning pieces from the COMPEL Writers Training competition, featuring heartfelt devotionals written by emerging Christian writers. COMPEL equips women with the tools and confidence to write words that matter—and these devotionals are a beautiful reflection of that mission. “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will…
When we consider mental health, we often think of pleasant feelings or, at the very least, an absence of unpleasant feelings. We associate mental health with feeling at peace, content, or hopeful about the future. But the truth is, mental health is less about what feelings you are experiencing and more about being a good…
Club31Women is honored to showcase the winning pieces from the COMPEL Writers Training competition, featuring heartfelt devotionals written by emerging Christian writers. COMPEL equips women with the tools and confidence to write words that matter. These devotionals are a beautiful reflection of that mission. “A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.”(Is. 53:3, ESV) I…
There’s something about the ocean that quiets the noise inside me. To kick off summer last year, our family stole away to Kiawah Island for a time of rest and renewal. We love the beach in May—when the days are warm, but the air still carries a breath of spring. The summer humidity hasn’t quite…
Club31Women is honored to showcase the winning pieces from the COMPEL Writers Training competition, featuring heartfelt devotionals written by emerging Christian writers. COMPEL equips women with the tools and confidence to write words that matter—and these devotionals are a beautiful reflection of that mission. “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be…
Walk through Hobby Lobby on any given day and you will find countless signs, pillows and knick-knacks emblazoned with messages. Some are more overt, like wall art with the word ‘bathroom’ on it (wonder which room that’s for!) while others are a bit more subtle. A pastoral painting with sheep in the distance and a…
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