Rare Faith Blog

By Heather Gibson

My easy-to-accomplish goal didn’t go as planned. What started off simple and totally doable suddenly felt… impossible.

Can you relate?

After discovering the perfect breed of cats ...

By Stephanie Francom

About seven years ago I tasted the best chocolate chip cookies ever! A friend of mine brought me a plate of them, and I’ve been hooked ever since. They are made with real butter,...

By Cari Skrdla

The Law of Gestation: Trusting the Process of Becoming

The Law of Gestation teaches that everything has a development period—a time when growth is happening beneath the surface, even ...

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

Sometimes I feel like a child who wants to know how many more days until Christmas and what each of her presents will be. But no one will tell me! I cry and beg and plead! It doesn’t m...

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 Matthew Piling

I grew up in farm country in Alberta, Canada. We weren’t farmers ourselves, but I spent enough time around farming to absorb some of its core lessons. One of the most important take...

By Judy Young

If I plant a seed in the ground and give it the proper care, it will grow.
If I drop a coin in a vending machine, push the right buttons, and make a selection, my snack will be delivere...

By Beckie Dragon

I’ve never really trusted God’s timing.

Somewhere deep down, I believed that if I just begged hard enough, long enough, He’d eventually see things my way. I know that sounds terribl...

By Carol Colvin

You’ve spent years working hard and taking care of your family. You earn a decent living and try to be frugal—yet somehow, you’re drowning in debt and have no savings to show for all ...