Rare Faith Blog

By Elise Adams

The Law of Polarity teaches that everything of consequence has an opposite.

“For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so... righteousness could not be...

By Elise Adams

I have a fruit basket that sits on my kitchen counter. Sometimes it’s filled with vibrant apples, oranges, bananas, and other colorful fruits. Over time, I’ve noticed something interes...

By Elise Adams

“May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows.”

This is one of my favorite lines from “Have It All” by Jason Mraz. It’s a happy, upbeat song full of advice and well-wish...

By Dawn Norton

The Law of Cause and Effect is a pretty straightforward principle. For every effect, there is a cause—and for every cause, there’s an effect. It’s obvious in everyday life. If you step...

By Dawn Norton

“Opposites attract”
“For it must needs be that there is an opposition in all things” (2 Nephi 2:2)
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”
Polar opposites.

The wor...

By Dawn Norton

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare

Humans are curious, often contradictory creatures. We struggle to feel content. We fixate on our...

By Dawn Norton

The Law of Gestation might sound pretty straightforward. When most of us hear “gestation,” we immediately think of the time it takes for a fetus to develop from conception to birth—whe...

By Elise Adams

I grew up performing. I was literally on stage by the time I was two and a half. My first solo came around age three—“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”—sung in front of an audience of 5...

"If my heart is generally in a place of wanting to glorify God and to serve His children to the best of my ability, it seems that whatever He gives me enthusiasm about is worth exploring, and then, ag...

By Angi Bair

We live in a world of opposites—good and bad, up and down, men and women, yin and yang, dark and light, morning and night, hot and cold… and the list goes on. Without opposites, nothing ...

By Angi Bair

Ever feel like when one thing goes wrong, everything else starts falling apart too? It’s easy to chalk that up to bad luck, but often it’s more than just coincidence. What you’re experie...

By Angi Bair

Do you ever just sit and daydream? Let your mind wander into all the things you want in life? What do you imagine when you think about the life you’d love to live? What does it look like...

By Angi Bair

What is perfect? Who decides what’s perfect? Is “good enough” perfect? Is my idea of perfect the same as yours? Is perfect something fixed and finite?

The definition of perfect is:

(no...

By Angi Bair

Is it good or is it bad? Or is it good, better, or best?
The truth is—nothing is inherently good or bad. Things simply are. It’s our interpretation—our judgment—that labels an experience...

By Angi Bair

A gardener once planted a bamboo seed. He watered it...and watered it...
Three months later — nothing.
Still, he kept watering.
A year went by — still nothing.
People around him started ...

By Angi Bair

It’s all about the money… or is it?

There was a time when money just flowed to me. I didn’t think about it. I went to work, I got paid, and I got the things I needed and wanted. I never...

"Don't die with the music still in you."
This advice, attributed to the beloved author Wayne Dyer, is a powerful invitation to live fully—to rise above fear and share the unique contribution you were ...

God watches over me and you. What if we could trust that?

The following comes from a reader, Catherine Dagsland. It inspired me! With her permission I'm sharing it with you:

"I was already nervous a...