By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Life’s greatest opportunities don’t always come wrapped in a big box with a giant bow on top. Sometimes a life-changing situation first appears as a black cloud full of bad news. When those moments arrive, you can curl into a ball and cry for all eternity.…

by Lynn Blackburn @LYNNHBLACKBURN I Can Trust Hudson Taylor served as a missionary in China in the mid-late 1800s. There’s a quote attributed to him that I love. When I cannot read, When I cannot think, When I cannot even pray I can trust. Y’all… Do you ever feel this way?…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author One of my college fiction professors once said that good authors need to know a little about a lot of things. As a nineteen-year-old aspiring author, I resonated with the statement. It made perfect sense. Of course you had to know about lots of different things.…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Many of us have a way with words. After all, we’re writers and speakers, are we not? But do we pay attention to everything we say or write every time we open our mouth, stand in front of a microphone, pick up a pen, or sit…

By James Hannibal @jamesrhannibal Raise your hand if you love purple. I raised both my hands. I love purple. Purple is the color of joint ops in the U.S. military. That’s when the Army, Air Force, etc. pretend to play nice together. Purple is also the color of the dragon…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman Getting old stinks. Nearing the end of his life, my ninety-one year old father-in-law took a fall and landed in the hospital. That meant medical tests, shots, and other intrusive treatments. He was miserable. He just wanted to go home and be left in peace.…