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 only twelve. Our days were filled with powerful motivational talks from the most popula...

In 2009 I had a new AHA experience that impacted me just about as much as any of the success principles I've been talking about now for the last twenty years.

A friend of mine has built more than 12 ...

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

I was the youngest of four children so there was never a baby sibling for me to tend. My fam...

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

The hardest work you'll ever do takes place inside your own mind. It's the hardest work in the world, and most peo...

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 decide what is possible based only on the visible, known facts. But God loves to show what is truly possible when there is faith.

How many times have you looked at your circumstances, a...

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...

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...

By Angie Kleven

Nearly six years ago I experienced a tremendous financial loss. A business in which years of money, time, and work were invested had collapsed. With no warning, there was suddenly no...

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...