Immanuel Journaling is a tool that is readily accessible, needs only a few minutes to complete, and has the potential to turn around one’s perspective from distress, offense, resentment, for instance, and to see things from God’s view, which is always powerful.
Read MoreCome experience a five-bar moment as told through the eyes of HCI’s leader, Heather Crow. A five-bar moment is a place you can go to in your mind where you can connect with Jesus. It can be a real memory of a time when you encountered God or it can be a new place where you experience a connection with him. Taking time to learn to quiet and develop five-bar moments is one of the most important things you can do with your time.
Read MoreI recently changed jobs and the transition has been stressful. I feel I don't know what is expected of me, or how I am supposed to behave. Everything seems different, open ended and unknown. I am in a constant state of overwhelm and uncertainty, and do not feel like myself. It was during this season of transition that . . .
Read MoreFor 42 years I had a spinal curvature, which tilted my pelvis and made my legs uneven so that I had to wear thick orthotics in my shoes. As I aged, I began having issues walking and could not lift anything heavy without pain afterwards. It never really occurred to me to ask God to heal my curvature . . .
Read MoreWhat does it look like to be a part of Jayden's Place? This blog post is an interview with someone who is already participating.
Read MoreHow did Jayden's Place come to be? Well, ore than a decade ago, a two-year-old girl with big brown eyes began coming to our house every Monday evening. Back then, my oldest child was 22, newly graduated from university and living in our basement. Anna wanted to help a friend by taking care of her daughter in the early evening hours so Lindsey could have a break from the arduous combination of working full time, finishing her university degree, and being a single mom to Jayden.
Read MoreChristmastime is often lauded as "the most wonderful time of the year," but it can feel more like the most stressful. Between a to-do-before-Christmas list as long as your arm and an abundance of festive activities, it's all too easy to let self-care go out the window. But the truth is that taking that extra moment to quiet can be the difference between a holiday season that leaves you exasperated and one that leaves you restored and renewed for the new year.
Read MoreIt was another family gathering. Despite my determination to act more grown up, I was barely in the door before someone said something that triggered me. I immediately became obsessed with finding reasons I could blame them for the crummy way I felt. Does every holiday have to be like this? Arggghh! I thought. Not again. I was so sure I was making progress, but I am not acting like myself and I feel hopeless about ever changing.
Read MoreBetsy Stalcup, Executive Director of Healing Center International, interviews Sam Stalcup about his experiences on the long road to healing from Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). We were blessed to hear his words and pray it will bless you too.
Read MoreFor more than four decades, I have been recovering from a traumatic injury that happened when I was just twelve years old. During the tenth week of the Forming class, I took one more step towards recovery, but before I tell you about how God touched me during Forming, let me tell you my story.
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