Rare Faith Blog

By Heidi Dahlke

Seven years ago, I set a goal: to complete a Spartan race with my husband and our 14- and 11-year-old sons. We had spent months preparing in different ways, training and getting ready...

By Laura Curtis

For a year and a half my husband and I had been remodeling our home and making it more functional for our family and our lifestyle. In the process of this major renovation, we were le...

By Lena Mattice

Throughout my life, I’ve heard so many people say things like:

• Why does it seem like some people have it easy?

• Why is life so hard for me and not for others?

• Why does i

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By Kathleen Taylor

About a year after my divorce, I found myself needing some extra cash. The only real asset I had left was our twelve-passenger van. I don’t live in a big city with public transport...

By Roseanne Dawes

We went into education because it was safe. My husband taught for seven years in the classroom and was in administration for 15 years in the same building. He had tried to change bu...

Tamara Shimmin

We were living the dream—only, the dream wasn’t quite what we had imagined.

My husband and I had bought an RV with visions of roaming the country, exploring state and national parks, ...

By Heidi Dahlke

My struggles with weight began early in my marriage. My husband was hardly ever home—he was a teacher and coached three different sports—so I spent a lot of time alone. That was the f...

By Rochelle Lloyd

Sometimes the things we hope for take a long time to come to fruition. Leslie Householder once compared it to having a baby: even if that baby is a little later than expected, we kn...

By Helen Huntsman

Seeing $1,450.72 withdrawn from my checking account could mean something exciting… or something awful.

Seeing $1,450.72 withdrawn after realizing I’d lost my debit card?

Yeah. Rea...

By Lena Mattice

A few years ago, I set a goal to do a side plank on the beaches of Hawaii once I reached my goal weight of 140 pounds. I was so excited about that goal, and I was even more excited ab...