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...
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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!
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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....
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...
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...
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?...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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