Rare Faith Blog

My husband and I had been working toward a long-term goal for several years. Every so often, when the vision started to fade, we’d sit down to check in with each other. We’d ask: Is this goal still im...

This is one of my brain dumps. It’s not organized with literary brilliance—it’s just a brain dump. But it’s important, and I think it needs to be shared now. I’ll clean it up later. Maybe.

Here we go...

As you learn more about this "Rare Faith" I often talk about, you might be wondering: is it grounded in science or theology? Honestly, I believe it’s built on a solid foundation of both. Let me show y...

Back when all my kids still lived at home:
Journal Entry, 2008

Tonight was our weekly family night—an evening dedicated to spending intentional time together, building relationships through shared ac...

"I'll believe it when I see it."

Have you ever heard this expression before? Or maybe, "Seeing is believing"? Our eyes are extremely useful tools for helping us to gather information, but there are p...

Depression weighed heavily on me during my second pregnancy. I was genuinely thrilled to be expecting another baby, but the hormonal rollercoaster made it nearly impossible to feel the joy.

Labor was...

Here's a conversation I had with one of my Mindset Mastery students that you might find interesting. She writes...

Dear Leslie, I am taking your Mindset Mastery Online Course, and I love it! I find I...

"Leaning into" your problem is less painful than pretending it doesn't exist.

One afternoon, as I was playing with my kids, my sweet little two-year-old stepped on my hair.

The moment I felt the pai...

I had my own faith crisis a few years ago.

There came a time when I had more questions than answers, and for a while, it felt like the ground had fallen out from beneath my feet. Everything I thought...

Here’s a tough question—one that’s easy to answer when life is going well, but much harder in the thick of adversity:
When the challenges feel heavier than you can bear, and the odds seem impossibly s...