When Change Feels Backwards

By Tanya Jolliffe RD, LD “I know this pattern isn’t helping me. I know what I should do. So why is change still so hard?” For many believers struggling with emotional eating, this cognitive tension can feel deeply discouraging. We pray. We try again. We ask God for...

Just Breathe

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis Did you know, the average person takes between 500-700 million breaths in their lifetime? We take our first breath when we enter this world and our last breath when we leave it. Pause for a moment and think about the importance of breathing. Now,...

Dirt Doesn’t Hurt

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis The Lord speaks to me in various ways. The Bible, conversations, prayer time, writing in my journal, life experiences. When He speaks, it’s not an audible voice, just a still, small voice within my spirit. Recently, the Lord spoke to me when a...

Good Enough

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis Hi, my name is Rae Lynn, and I’m a recovering perfectionist. (There, … I said it.) I used to spend hours on what should have taken mere minutes. Cleaning day was an all-day project. I wanted everything to be pristine at the same time. Even if it...

The Best Is Yet to Be

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis One of the things I love about my husband is what I have come to affectionately refer to as his “food amnesia.” Every time I cook something he likes, his response is the same. “Babe, this is the best you’ve ever made.” Now, I am not a Chef by any...

The World Is His

By Melody Vanosdol You were not created to worry about the world. Doesn’t it seem like every year or even every month the world gets more negative, more horrible, and just plain scarier? That’s by design. Satan is having a field day. He’s using the news...