Don’t Stop Praying

Don’t Stop Praying

By Tanya Jolliffe As the world gets darker and up seems down and wrong seems right, we continue to face trials and hardships that can cause us to lose hope. The prodigal child that still hasn’t come home. The sick relatives that don’t seem to get better....
Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me

Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me

By Tanya Jolliffe In grade school, I spent many Saturday evenings at my grandparents’ house, either for the evening or overnight. Back then, there were only a few channels on the television. On Saturday evening, Hee Haw was a standard. Hee Haw was a variety show...
Broken Is Beautiful

Broken Is Beautiful

By Alison Feinauer Broken is beautiful. I’ll be the first one to tell you my struggles, my humanness. I boast in my weaknesses, because where I’m weak, our God is strong. I’ve always said that about my eating disorder and my struggle with weight and...
4-Tips for Winning Your Battles

4-Tips for Winning Your Battles

By Tanya Jolliffe I grew up on a twelve-acre farm in Darke County, Ohio—the same part of the country where Annie Oakley got her start. My grandparents purchased the farm decades before my family moved there. The creek that ran at the edge of the fields was the draw...
Real Freedom

Real Freedom

Today, I was blessed to chat with a coworker who is also an all-the-way Christian. She was asking for advice on how to broach a subject with one of our students out of concern for the student’s future and reputation. That conversation led to one about a...