Rare Faith Blog

I don’t know her real name. She went by “Cinnamon.”

She was a red-headed, freckle-faced camp counselor when I was twelve. Our days at camp were filled with stirring motivational talks from some of th...

In 2009, I had a powerful AHA moment—one that has impacted me nearly as much as any success principle I’ve been sharing over the past twenty years.

A good friend of mine has started over a dozen comp...

“Children are an heritage of the Lord… Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.” — Psalms 127:3–5

As the youngest of four, I never had a baby sibling to care for. During a few years my fam...

Got a dilemma?
What if you had absolute confidence—and knew exactly what to do next?

The toughest work you’ll ever do happens inside your own mind. It’s the hardest work in the world, and most people...

Clear the Clutter to Catch the Clues That Lead You to Success

A few years ago, my husband and I took our seven children to a neighboring state for a read-a-thon. On the way home, we stopped to stay o...

Too often, we limit what we believe is possible by relying only on what we can see or logically explain. But God delights in showing us what’s truly possible—when we choose faith over fear.

How many ...

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual respon...

By Angie Kleven

Nearly six years ago, I experienced a tremendous financial loss. A business I had poured years of time, money, and heart into collapsed—suddenly and without warning. Overnight, not a...

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary...

Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment. With the majority the bark of thought is allowed to "drift" upon the ocean of life. Aimlessness is a vice, and such driftin...

By Travis Giauque

I woke up, not quite sure why I was hearing crying from another room. What time was it? Close to 2 a.m. — and where was my wife?

I pulled myself from our warm bed and followed the ...

By James Chase

When I write the story of my life, I’d like to call it The Parable of the 2 x 4. To explain why, let me share a story about a farmer and his mule. I’m not sure who originally told it, ...

By Nancy Genys

The Law of Perpetual Transmutation teaches that circumstances and things are always changing according to our thoughts. In essence, ideas are either moving toward becoming real—or fadi...

By Nancy Genys

It took me years to fully grasp the Law of Relativity. My therapist had been trying to teach me this concept—though he never called it a “law”—for as long as I could remember. He simpl...

By Emily Clawson

As a student of the philosophies of abundance, I’ve learned how important it is to keep a positive outlook on life. I’ve seen that when I think positive thoughts, more positive circu...

By Linda Knudsen

Facing the Saboteur

"What makes you think you're smart enough to write an article? No one wants to listen to you."
A hushed voice whispers coolly from the shadows. It’s powerful—dre...

 By Angie Kleven

By Angie Kleven

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, there’s a passage that quite literally changed the way I think. It reads:

"The psychologist tell us of a state, in which the affectio...