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Brave Women Series

Every Wednesday a different woman will be featured as she shares about her personal journey toward courage with Jesus. These stories are powerful, real and straight from the heart. Sign up HERE to have the weekly BRAVE stories sent straight to your inbox. You will not want to miss a single article in this series!

Getting Unstuck from Fear: How Surfing Helped Me Find My Courage and Joy

Jun 8, 20215 min read

Getting Unstuck from Fear: How Surfing Helped Me Find My Courage and Joy

By Angie Gibbons God's Brave Women - Angie's Story I like to say that I surf. But what I do has more in common with a baby who has just...

When Bad News Comes: Holding on to God's Unchanging Character

Brave Women Series

May 17, 20215 min read

When Bad News Comes: Holding on to God's Unchanging Character

By Kim Caifano God's Brave Women - Kim's Story I sat in my son’s doctor’s office alone, staring at the library of books in front of me....

The Courageous Life of a Full-time Caregiver: Loving a Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor

Brave Women Series

May 11, 20215 min read

The Courageous Life of a Full-time Caregiver: Loving a Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor

By Melanie Vadzemnieks God's Brave Women - Melanie's Story Life as a caregiver is not a path anyone willingly chooses. Rather, we are...

Brave Women Series

May 4, 20216 min read

Bravery When Friendship Hurts

By Becky Gonzalez God's Brave Women - Becky's Story It was my 30th birthday, and I was basking in the glow of my surprise party. Despite...

Giving Our Broken Marriages to God: How to Walk Through an Unwanted Divorce Bravely

Brave Women Series

Mar 30, 20216 min read

Giving Our Broken Marriages to God: How to Walk Through an Unwanted Divorce Bravely

By Heather Jeffery God's Brave Women - Heather's Story I’ll never forget the one sentence that instantly changed my life. As we prepared...

When Our Prayers Aren't Answered the Way We Hoped

Brave Women Series

Mar 15, 20215 min read

When Our Prayers Aren't Answered the Way We Hoped

By Carly Webber God's Brave Women - Carly's Story Have you ever begged God so hard for a thing that you thought it might just break you?...

Tearing Down the Stigma Behind Suicide: Bravely Talking About Mental Illness

Brave Women Series

Mar 2, 20215 min read

Tearing Down the Stigma Behind Suicide: Bravely Talking About Mental Illness

By Pamela Henkelman God's Brave Women - Pamela's Story Four years ago, the kind funeral director hauled more chairs into the overflow...

Brave Love in the Midst of Loss: Trusting God After Losing a Child

Brave Women Series

Feb 2, 20216 min read

Brave Love in the Midst of Loss: Trusting God After Losing a Child

By Bekah Bowman God's Brave Women - Bekah's Story I sat straight up in bed, something startling me awake. In a split second, I remembered...

Silencing Shame from Abortion: A Brave Story of God's Redemptive Love

Brave Women Series

Dec 8, 20206 min read

Silencing Shame from Abortion: A Brave Story of God's Redemptive Love

By Carla Edmisten God's Brave Women - Carla's Story I did not have the courage to do the right thing over thirty years ago. I believed my...

When to Walk Away: Showing Courage in the Face of Betrayal

Brave Women Series

Nov 24, 20206 min read

When to Walk Away: Showing Courage in the Face of Betrayal

By Debra Wallace God's Brave Women - Debra's Story Several years ago, when my son joined Boy Scouts, memorization of the Scout Law was a...

Choosing Forgiveness as an Act of Courage

Brave Women Series

Nov 3, 20204 min read

Choosing Forgiveness as an Act of Courage

By Patsy Burnette God's Brave Women - Patsy's Story There I sat, on a bench outside the courtroom. I said, “I forgive you.” I said it to...

Being Brave When You Don't Understand: Dealing with Infidelity

Brave Women Series

Aug 25, 20205 min read

Being Brave When You Don't Understand: Dealing with Infidelity

By Cathy Leyland God's Brave Women - Cathy's Story It was New Year’s Eve 2005 when we got the diagnosis that my husband’s liver disease...

It’s Okay Not to Be Brave: Learning to Let Go in Hard Seasons

Brave Women Series

Jul 27, 20204 min read

It’s Okay Not to Be Brave: Learning to Let Go in Hard Seasons

By Sara R. Ward God's Brave Women - Sara's Story This wasn’t supposed to be my story. Have you ever said those words to yourself? Have...

Brave Women Series

Jul 21, 20205 min read

Choosing Brave Isn't Always Big

By Niki Hardy God's Brave Women - Niki's Story When life stinks worse than a two-week-old tuna sandwich left festering under the Texan...

Braving the Edge: Reaching Out to Addicted Loved Ones

Brave Women Series

Jul 7, 20206 min read

Braving the Edge: Reaching Out to Addicted Loved Ones

By Melissa C. Dyer God's Brave Women - Melissa's Story Even as I pulled on the handle and timidly walked inside, I was surprised to find...

Walk, Run, Soar: Finding the Courage to Love Again

Brave Women Series

Jun 22, 20206 min read

Walk, Run, Soar: Finding the Courage to Love Again

By Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young God's Brave Women - Dorina's Story After my husband Ericlee died from cancer in 2014, I wasn’t sure if I...

Brave Women Series

Jun 2, 20204 min read

Facing Fear When Life Falls Apart

By Lisa Appelo God's Brave Women - Lisa's Story When life falls apart it also opens the door to new fear. For most of my life, I had a...

Showing Up and Taking the Next Brave Step

Brave Women Series

May 19, 20206 min read

Showing Up and Taking the Next Brave Step

By Danielle Haluska God's Brave Women - Danielle's Story I think the word brave can often be wrapped up in the notion that we’ve stepped...

The Brave Choice to Invite God into Our Pain

Brave Women Series

Apr 28, 20205 min read

The Brave Choice to Invite God into Our Pain

By Jodi Rosser God's Brave Women - Jodi's Story I will never forget that night, the night my heart was shattered into a thousand pieces....

Brave Women Series

Mar 24, 20205 min read

Choosing Courage in Uncertain Days

By Stephanie Roberts God's Brave Women - Stephanie's Story We are living in uncertain days. The days of a global pandemic that leave us...