Rare Faith Blog

By Monica Zollinger

Is there really such a thing as chance or luck?

According to Dictionary.com, chance is “the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled,” or s...

By Wayne Hafner

The Law of Cause and Effect teaches us that every cause produces an effect, and every effect traces back to a cause. Nothing happens by chance.
Everything in the universe follows a la...

By Jimi Teague

Have you ever met someone who seems genuinely lucky? Good things just happen to them all the time. They’re unusually chirpy, often smiling, sometimes even have a little bounce in their...

By Katalina Bonds

The Law of Cause and Effect teaches that every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause. Nothing happens by chance. Leslie Householder explains this beautifully in her book...

By Denice Wallace

I have two stories I want to share that illustrate how the Law of Cause and Effect plays out in real life. One highlights what not to do, and the other demonstrates how powerful thi...

By Jennifer de Azevedo

I had hit a wall. Nothing was moving forward, and I was deeply frustrated. I posted on Facebook: “I’m so close to having the life I want and still missing it completely.” Not l...

If you've set a goal that seems impossible, don't give up. You don’t need to know exactly how it will all work out—you just need to see it done, feel it done, and keep moving forward as if it's alread...

By Cristie Gardner

Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

And if he didn’t say it… well, he shou...

By Stephanie Francom

Do you think it’s really possible that pursuing a goal doesn’t have to mean running ourselves into the ground? Could it be that we’re actually making it harder than it needs to b...

Years ago, my friend Natalie taught a lesson during our women’s meeting at church on “Having Temperance in All Things.” That phrase alone was familiar to me, but the way she explained it that day comp...

Staying in forward motion—even when things feel hopeless—does more to move you toward success than you might realize. (And if you're afraid you'll fall, then fall forward.)

I like to picture it this ...

Serenity is life’s supreme accomplishment.
Not because it means the storms stop coming—but because it means we learn how to find peace and joy despite them.

James Allen described serenity as the “sup...

Does life ever feel unfair?

Maybe you’ve faced more than your share of financial challenges. Maybe you’ve felt like your breakthrough was just around the corner—but somehow, that corner never comes.

By Mark Andrew Beach

When I’ve struggled—whether with a goal, a problem, a relationship, or even my physical health—I’ve often looked heavenward and pleaded, “What part is mine, and what part is Your...

By Robyn Young

"Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth ...

By Robyn Young

I saw a comic in the paper a few weeks ago. It showed a delinquent-looking teen standing in a school hallway, eyeing the “in case of fire” alarm next to him. In the next frame, he pull...

"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...