Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Trials”
I sat in the exam room, staring at the wall, sometimes watching the door, waiting for someone to return and tell me the results of my cat’s ultrasound. I braced for her to become the third pet out of five to receive a cancer diagnosis. Lord, that would be too much, I thought. Too much. Then, for some reason (as …
Jerusha: It’s been too long since my friend and fellow writer, Angela Arndt, has visited us! In honor of her visit (and the extreme cold in my part of the country right now), I’m giving away a print copy of Irene Hannon’s suspense novel, Thin Ice. Leave a comment below for your chance to win! By Angela Arndt I was …
Christmastime is here. It’s the season of joy, love, hope, and peace. Yet, the tough things in life don’t always seem to get the holiday memo. Trials and suffering don’t often take Christmas vacation. And neither does the fear of such hardships. We see them on the horizon, or we fear our already ongoing trouble getting worse. Something about the …
Jerusha: I’m so thankful (see what I did there?) to introduce you to Christian writer, Janine Rosche! Janine and I just started to get to know each other better, and I’ve been delighted to find in her a special encourager and friend. She’s sharing some of that practical encouragement and truth with all of us today! By Janine Rosche Thanksgiving …
Jerusha: I’m so thrilled to introduce you to a friend of mine, Jeanne Takenaka! Jeanne is such a sweet lady that I’ve rubbed shoulders with at a few writers conferences, and I always feel encouraged after I speak with her. She’s passing on that encouragement to you today in this post I so needed to read. I hope it helps …
Jerusha: I’m delighted to have blogger Diane Ferreira as my guest today! Please join me in giving her a big, Fear Warrior community welcome! By Diane Ferreira We have all heard the expression, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” It essentially refers to the fact that every problem, every issue that we have in life comes with some positive aspect to …
Jerusha: I’m delighted to welcome blogger and inspirational fiction author, Mary Felkins, as my guest today! Please join me in giving her a big FW community welcome! By Mary Felkins I’ve often wondered if maybe my mom made the wrong decision that day when I was in middle school. You see, she’d taken me shopping for some new clothes. After …
Jerusha: Please join me in giving a warm Fear Warrior community welcome to my guest, Shel Harrington! Divorce is something we don’t like to talk about, but, sadly, most of us have been touched by it–either directly or through a friend or relative. If someone you know is going through a divorce, please share this post with them so they …
He wasn’t supposed to be here today. The doctors told us our dog, our beautiful, gentle giant had only three months to live. When we received this diagnosis for our beloved dog this summer, we were devastated. I shared my heart and pain with you in a post here, in which I also shared the overwhelming fears this diagnosis wrought …
Want to shock your relatives this Thanksgiving? Turning a holiday tradition on its head would probably do the trick. Many of us follow the tradition of having each person at our Thanksgiving gathering take a turn to share something for which he or she is thankful. The answers are usually pretty standard: family, health, love, home. If we’re keeping in …
