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When Rest Becomes the Enemy
By MARY GEISEN Is rest just another four-letter word? Do I allow myself to rest or treat it as something I should avoid at all cost? When...
Barb Lownsbury
Aug 18, 20193 min read
Wearing the Title of Leader
By BARBARA LOWNSBURY Leadership is a heavy mantle that sometimes we wear too lightly. While I never want my role as a leader to feel...
Barb Lownsbury
Aug 15, 20192 min read
When Discipline Doesn’t Feel Loving
My heart absorbed the moment as I listened to my husband’s words to our son, “You are made for so much more. You are meant to be a voice...
Barb Lownsbury
Aug 9, 20194 min read
Young and Wild and Free
By SARAH DAVIS I dusted off the box before I carried it up from the basement, unearthing its contents onto the dining room table. It was...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 31, 20194 min read
The Window
By BARBARA LOWNSBURY This is an entry I wrote two summers ago. It really spoke to me this morning so I wanted to share it again. My...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 25, 20194 min read
Endurance for the Journey
By JENNY SEYLAR I never fully realized how lucky I was until an African family showed up on the doorstep of the church with luggage in...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 22, 20193 min read
Worth the Wait
By KRISTAN DOOLEY The best I can compare this season of waiting I’m in is to the birth of my girls. For months I walked with them inside...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 15, 20193 min read
A Safe Place to Land
By MARY GEISEN Three years ago, I finished a conversation with my son and daughter-in-law with these words, “Come home!” Struggling with...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 13, 20193 min read
Using Online Bible Studies
I love online Bible studies, including the ones here! They’re short, convenient, and an easy way to connect and study with others. BUT....
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 13, 20192 min read
Shedding Your Skin
By SARAH DAVIS photo credit: Steven Sites I learned more about reptiles than I ever wanted to when my middle son decided to purchase a...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 12, 20194 min read
Fighting the Lies with Truth
By BARBARA LOWNSBURY Did I spend time with God? You bet. But it didn’t feel like it. I read the scriptures, I wrote my response and I...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 11, 20193 min read
Trusting and Knowing is Found in Going
By KRISTAN DOOLEY We walked all over Chicago that day, eight miles to be exact. Ella, my oldest daughter, didn’t once worry about our...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 9, 20193 min read
Peace, I Leave With You
By MARY GEISEN It doesn’t happen this way often. A whispered thought that seems to wake me up. Several reminders of the same words...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 7, 20192 min read
Digging Ditches
By KRISTAN DOOLEY There is a great story tucked away in the third chapter of 2 Kings. In this fascinating chapter, we see the three kings...
Barb Lownsbury
Jul 1, 20193 min read
Planting Seeds of Faith
By JENNY SEYLAR I had a great time canoeing with friends, and thought nothing of my garden while I was away. When I returned the Tuesday...
Barb Lownsbury
Jun 30, 20193 min read
Unanswered Prayer
By MARY GEISEN I’m a podcast junkie. I listen while I’m in the car or out walking, and find satisfaction in learning new ideas or...
Barb Lownsbury
Jun 29, 20193 min read
Friends of God
By MEGAN SITES John 15:12-17 says this, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to...
Barb Lownsbury
Jun 28, 20192 min read
Robbing Others of the Gift
By SARAH DAVIS We sat on the front porch of the house as the quiet hours of morning made their transition into midday, when the heat...
Barb Lownsbury
Jun 27, 20193 min read
The Boxer
Muhammad Ali once said, “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long...
Barb Lownsbury
Jun 27, 20194 min read
Gratitude Isn’t Always Easy
BY MARY GEISEN My eyes complete a three-hundred-sixty-degree sweep of my surroundings. There is beauty in every direction. The horizon...
Barb Lownsbury
Jun 22, 20193 min read
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