When we think of other people as our center and fulfillment, we live frustrated lives.

Pain can either thrust me into the arms of Jesus or make me turn my back on Him. Either way, it's a choice.

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.

A broken person understands she needs rescue, and she depends on God to resurrect and deliver. And she also understands that even if God chooses not to deliver, His ways are higher and more amazing then what we can fathom.

A hopeful book that moms will relish, Blue Like Playdough is an honest, peel-back-the-covers look at the creative way God shapes us through childhood and parenthood. Tricia Goyer explores her own weaknesses along the journey, revealing her desire to serve the God who forms strength and joy and perseverance within her. A compelling, fresh read.

We grow when the walls press in. We grow when life steals our control. We grow in the darkness.