Rare Faith Blog

By Lena Mattice

Everyone has dreams. Some people chase them and see them come true, while others quietly set them aside. For some, dreams become goals with a plan. For others, they stay distant—thing...

By Roseanne Dawes

As I sat quietly on the couch in my living room, I suddenly heard a distinct voice in my head say, “This is not your house.” It startled me. I had never thought that before. We’d li...

Tamara Shimmin

How do you write about the Law of Polarity without sounding like a string of clichés?

“Break in the clouds.”

“Look for the silver lining.”

“Count your blessings.”

“The glass is hal...

By Laura Curtis

When I was a teenager, my family had horses. I hadn’t grown up riding them since they were boarded away from our home. My brothers spent a lot of time learning and riding with my dad,...

By Kathleen Taylor

Facebook post October 13th, 2020
Came home to a flooded bathroom, part of two bedrooms, a hall way and a closet. As I walked around the house assessing damage and processing the who...

By Helen Huntsman

My husband’s voice called from the kitchen: “Have you seen my car keys?”

I was upstairs folding laundry and honestly, I was confused. I responded, “Pardon?”

You have to understand...

By Roseanne Dawes

I taught elementary school for eight years before I finally felt the nudge to resign and become an entrepreneur. Actually, those promptings started a full year earlier, encouraging ...

By Heidi Dahlke

In my college English class, I had a professor who encouraged us to write by focusing on a moment—a snapshot of our lives—and to describe it using all five senses. Years later, while ...

By Helen Huntsman

Okay, so apparently “despaired” isn’t technically a word—but we’re going to pretend it is, because it just fits.

About a month and a half ago, I found myself scribbling in my jour...

Tamara Shimmin

We were living the dream—only, the dream wasn’t quite what we had imagined.

My husband and I had bought an RV with visions of roaming the country, exploring state and national parks, ...

By Roseanne Dawes

We went into education because it felt safe.

My husband taught in the classroom for seven years and then spent the next fifteen in administration—all in the same building. After a ...

By Heidi Dahlke

My struggles with weight began early in my marriage. My husband was hardly ever home—he was a teacher and coached three different sports—so I spent a lot of time alone. That was the f...

By Helen Huntsman

"Should we call this ‘crashing’ or ‘rest’?"

While brainstorming story ideas with my daughter to illustrate the Law of Rhythm, we flipped through Hidden Treasures by Leslie Househo...

By Rochelle Lloyd

Vulnerability—the ability to be vulnerable.
It shows up in many forms, and most of us have to reckon with it at some point. For some, it's a minor inconvenience that appears in spec...

By Heidi Dahlke

From the moment I got married, I found myself exposed to a steady stream of multi-level marketing programs. I joined several of them, always hoping this one would be the key—the one t...

By Kathleen Taylor

About a year after my divorce, I found myself needing some extra cash. The only real asset I had left was our twelve-passenger van. I don’t live in a big city with public transport...

By Helen Huntsman

You know that saying, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”?

I’ve decided that people who say that have never actually been tired.

Today I want to share a little about my experience with ch...

By Laura Curtis

Worry. Fear.
Worry. Fear.
Sleepless nights.
My mind racing—running scenarios over and over.
What if? What now? What will we do?

The concern consumed me. I found myself in tears const...