Rare Faith Blog

Positive Thinking Tip:
The miracle you need is at the end of all you can do, so keep on truckin'!

Let me tell you about a guy I know and the unexpected (and surprising) miracle that showed up after h...

My mother attended a church service recently where the speaker talked about overcoming adversity. She was impressed enough by the message that she asked for a copy and shared it with me. I felt like i...

By Cristie Gardner

Yesterday, I watched in awe as our daughter gave birth to a beautiful, healthy 7 lb. 10 oz. baby boy—Caleb. We were by her side during the final stages of labor and were powerfully...

By Robyn Young

I was talking to my sweet daughter the other day. She’s at that age—and has the kind of temperament—where not getting her way feels like the end of the world. We were working through a...

(This article is a continuation of the post titled, "Who is Leslie Householder?")

Here’s a little throwback to the 10-year anniversary of when I first started writing about the Rare Faith principles:...

Here’s another throwback to when we were grappling with the effects of the Great Recession:

This is the third installment of my personal exposé, which began with "Getting Personal Here" and continued...

I received an email that spawned an interesting conversation. I'll share it here. Henry wrote:

How are your teachings different from all the dozens of gurus advertising out there?  I'm genuinely conf...

I received a letter from a Mindset Mastery Program participant which had some valuable insights in it, so I'll post it here. She began her letter with a quote:

"It is my opinion that many really good...

By Mark Andrew Beach

Many success gurus talk about goal setting. In fact, it’s such a foundational part of the laws of success that if someone claims to be a success expert but downplays goal setting...

By Mark Andrew Beach

It’s another new year, and just about everyone in the personal development world is talking about resolutions and goal setting. I suppose I’m no different—except I really do want...

Another throwback from our personal fallout from the Great Recession December 2011:

Still waiting for a window of time to finish my recent saga (here's part 1, here's part 2), but until I can get par...

Throwback to my Great Recession experience:

I didn’t think it would take me this long to share the story of why I dropped off the map in May 2011, but it’s been on my mind daily—especially after the ...

Throwback to 2011:

It’s after 2 a.m. and I’m still wide awake. I just read my sister’s blog, and it reignited something in me—the desire to share more of my real and raw experiences, too. So here com...

By Robyn Young

I have a favorite poem:

Give thanks for dirty dishes,
They have a tale to tell.
While other folks go hungry,
We're eating very well.
With health and home and happiness,
We shouldn't want

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By Robyn Young

"One of the greatest skills we can learn in life is how to deal effectively with disappointments, because after all, life is full of them. Learning the skill not only helps us turn thi...

By Robyn Young

Recently, I had a conversation with a friend that didn’t go the way I had hoped. I was deeply hurt and couldn’t seem to shake it. The pain settled in and soon turned into irritability—...

"There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated—And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law up...