You can think differently about pain
When I try to express how I truly feel about the people in my life that I love the most, even when I am at my clearest and most creative, I don’t think I can express my love fully. At best, I move them with a sense of my love, but a sense will never […]
When we question God
I remember growing up as a little girl, playing with my dolls and fantasizing about the day I would become a mom. At 19, I met the man the Lord set apart for me, and we got married when I was 21. At 25, I had my first baby. It felt as if life could […]
To the Choir Masters: Songs of God’s Promises
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkein, Madeline L’Engle, Gerard Manly Hopkins, and so many other writers knew the beauty of the gospel and it’s power to shape how we see the world around us. They knew that story and poetry could help us see the deep truths of the world and the reality that comes through Christ. […]
3 tips for new Revelation Wellness Instructors
* Post updated February 2024 I’ll never forget it. I was in the middle of a dark and crowded room with music bumping into my soul, energy, and laughter flowing around sweaty bodies. As I listened to the fitness instructors announcing their shift to a ministry called Revelation Wellness, I immediately started crying. I couldn’t […]
Why do you want to give up?
Where do you want to give up? What have you tried and tried and tried again, and want to throw in the towel, because it feels hopeless? What if this time, though, things could be different? “And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered […]
When you practice silence before God
“Without solitude it is impossible to have a spiritual life.” -Henri Nouwen “In solitude we give God our full awareness. In silence we withdraw ourselves from the noise and activity both outside and inside of us.” -Ruth Haley Barton Practicing. I am practicing silence and solitude. This is not something that I have mastered. I […]
Read this if you think Revelation Wellness is just for women
*Post updated October 2022 Join us today for an interview with Brian East, a Revelation Wellness Instructor from Platoon 20. He hopes to encourage other men to pursue training because Revelation Wellness is for you too! From Uninterested to Invested Gabby: Hey Brian, as one of a growing number of male Revelation Wellness Instructors, I […]
Ask this question before you try to be stronger
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” -Psalm 121 : 1-2 About a year ago, God gave me a picture of me trying to push a broken down car up a hill all by myself. There I […]
How to stay light when your emotions are heavy
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them” – Mark 11:23 Don’t allow a social-media smokescreen to convince you that the zip and zeal of energy […]
This is better than your to-do list
As a father of two daughters (7 and 3 years old), I decided that it would be important for me to follow along when the Heir to the Crown Challenge began. The most significant thing I learned through the challenge was that if I want to live a life of true freedom in Christ, I […]
