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From Brokenness to Wholeness: Overcoming Life's Toughest Battles

Life's battles touch the body, mind, relationships, finances, and purpose. A pastoral look at eight areas where women fight for healing, and the path back to wholeness in Christ.

ByPastor Tayo Oluwayemiwo, Broward, FL8 min read
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There Is No Fear in Love

It is easy to become gentle when we sense that time is running out. But love was never meant to be a performance prompted by fear. A call to steady, unhurried, everyday love.

ByWinnie Darius, NY5 min read
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Seasons of Waiting: Finding God in the In-Between

Waiting is rarely comfortable, but it is rarely wasted. A look at how women of faith can steward the in-between seasons of life.

ByAnonymous Contributor, FL7 min read

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The Quiet Strength of a Woman Who Knows Her Purpose

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Healing from Comparison in the Age of Social Media

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A broken patterned saucer pieced back together around a full cup of coffeeHealth & WellnessNew

From Brokenness to Wholeness: Overcoming Life's Toughest Battles

Life's battles touch the body, mind, relationships, finances, and purpose. A pastoral look at eight areas where women fight for healing, and the path back to wholeness in Christ.

ByPastor Tayo Oluwayemiwo, Broward, FL8 min read
A broad, decisive stroke of vivid red paint drawn across a white wall with a loaded brushFaith & InspirationNew

Faith That Presses Through: Lessons from the Woman with the Issue of Blood

For twelve years she was sick, broke, and isolated. Then she heard Jesus was passing by. A study in the faith that refuses to stay put.

ByPastor Suzan Olunuga, Jacksonville, FL6 min read
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Gratitude in the Dark

Gratitude in the dark is not denial. It is defiant faith. A look at Habakkuk's declaration, and why praise is a weapon against despair.

ByPastor Suzan Olunuga, Jacksonville, FL6 min read
The word LOVE spelled in pale wooden letters on a cream background, a small red heart standing in for the OMarriage & RelationshipsNew

There Is No Fear in Love

It is easy to become gentle when we sense that time is running out. But love was never meant to be a performance prompted by fear. A call to steady, unhurried, everyday love.

ByWinnie Darius, NY5 min read
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Lola's Feet

When Lola lost her corporate job, everybody had advice: pray, retrain, move to Texas. What actually turned her life around was an evening walk in Central Park and a habit of counting strangers' shoes.

ByPastor Mrs Aderonke Olajide, Tampa, FL5 min read
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What Happened at Number 13?

When an ambulance pulled up to Number 13 one Tuesday evening, the whole street became detectives, certain a quiet, churchgoing family was hiding a scandal. A wry look at how fast assumption travels — and how little evidence it needs.

ByAnonymous Contributor, FL4 min read