Spiritual Life Archives

How to Give Yourself the Best Mother's Day Gift Ever

While we all have limitations on our energy and abilities, I have learned to manage those limitations by keeping an uncluttered soul—or at least...

How to Give Yourself the Best Mother's Day Gift Ever

Need Clarity and Peace? Try Being a ‘Soul Minimalist’

When your soul is filled with clutter, what is meant to be complex and awe-inspiring can become complicated and exhausting. You need space for...

Need Clarity and Peace? Try Being a ‘Soul Minimalist’

20 Beautiful Baptism Gifts

I love spring. The sun is shining, the grass is green, and everything feels new. We are heading into the season of graduations, weddings, and...

20 Beautiful Baptism Gifts

5 Simple Ways to Pursue Intimacy with God Every Day

We stand secure in our position in Christ. And wonder of wonders, we now have full access to our heavenly Father. And just like in our earthly...

5 Simple Ways to Pursue Intimacy with God Every Day

5 Ways to Put God First When You're Struggling

We are God’s children and He is a loving God who sent His son to die on the cross for our sins. Putting God first means accepting that He...

5 Ways to Put God First When You're Struggling

4 Hopeful Truths to Help You Trust God through Trials

What comfort does the Bible have for us when we are facing difficult times? Could Scripture drive away my fear? Could it breathe life back into...

4 Hopeful Truths to Help You Trust God through Trials

4 Ways to Be Part of a Community That Is Both Diverse and Unified

We as human beings are great appreciators of beauty. We savor sensory experiences that delight and awaken our faculties. We take pause to relish in...

4 Ways to Be Part of a Community That Is Both Diverse and Unified

Blessed Are The Meek: Meaning and Significance of Matthew 5:5

Even if you feel like nobody sees you, you can know that you are somebody to Jesus. Somebody he was willing to die for. Jesus delights in nobodies,...

Blessed Are The Meek: Meaning and Significance of Matthew 5:5

Are You Allowing God to Heal You?

Only in an atmosphere of hunger, dependency, and willingness to obey will God impart His holiness, reveal His perfect will, and entrust to you the...

Are You Allowing God to Heal You?

5 Benefits of Making Time to Be Outside

Slowing down and stepping outside to connect with God and nature transformed my life. Here are five benefits of carving out time to spend in...

5 Benefits of Making Time to Be Outside

Overcoming Drug Overdose Stigma: A Mother’s Plea to Pastors and Parents

In Jennifer Alba's story about the death of her son Joseph, we are called into the light of truth: that the threat of opioids killing someone you...

Overcoming Drug Overdose Stigma: A Mother’s Plea to Pastors and Parents

What is Unconditional Love? 10 Important Ways Know and Recognize It

Do you want to love people unconditionally? Here are 10 things you should know.

What is Unconditional Love? 10 Important Ways Know and Recognize It

The Secret Sauce: 10 Life Lessons from Chick-fil-A's Founder

The “secret sauce” behind the success of my father, Truett Cathy, stems from more than a BBQ, honey mustard, and mayo mixture. ...

The Secret Sauce: 10 Life Lessons from Chick-fil-A's Founder

10 Ways Your Tattoo Can Be a Testimony

As is the case with yoga and rock music, a Christian can use most art forms as a form of testimony, and tattoos do not stand as an exception.

10 Ways Your Tattoo Can Be a Testimony

What Does it Mean to Be a Lukewarm Christian?

To be “lukewarm” can manifest as performing deeds without enthusiasm, or altogether losing sight of our need for God.

What Does it Mean to Be a Lukewarm Christian?