Being Brave in Our Own Skin: Finding Belonging and Acceptance in God
By Prasanta Verma Brave Women Series - Prasanta's Story Being brave means standing firm in my identity and who I am and who God made me...
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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
Dec 12, 20236 min read
Letting God Rewrite Our Narratives: How Sharing Our Story Can Transform Pain into Purpose
By Mara Eller Brave Women Series - Mara's Story I was deeply hurt by friends in middle and high school (and again as an adult), and those...
Brave Women Series
Nov 28, 20235 min read
How to Keep Living After Loss: Bravely Living the Life We Didn't Want
By Hadassah Treu Brave Women Series - Hadassah's Story Friend, are you facing a life-altering loss today? Or perhaps it is not just one...
Brave Women Series
Oct 31, 20226 min read
Braving the Fall in Chronic Illness: How God Pulls Us Out of Deep Waters
By Cassidy Poe God's Brave Women - Cassidy's Story Falling. The mental image instantly brings a knot to my stomach and a lump to my...
Brave Women Series
Oct 4, 20225 min read
Bravely Loving a Prodigal: Accepting God's Good and Grievous Gift
By Judy Douglass God's Brave Women - Judy's Story My phone rang at 2 a.m., jarring me awake. I had been asleep for two hours in my hotel...
Brave Women Series
Sep 20, 20226 min read
The Brave Decision to Stop Proving Others Wrong: Healing from the Aftermath of Bullying
By Liv Dooley God's Brave Women - Liv's Story I have known God to be the Greatest Encourager we will ever know. Some of the most...
Brave Women Series
Aug 9, 20226 min read
Asking for What You Need Can Be the Bravest Thing of All
By Heather Bjur God's Brave Women - Heather's Story It’s been a BIG year in my world. Big is such a ‘vanilla’ word, and my creative...
Brave Women Series
May 31, 20225 min read
The Courageous Fight for Our Children
By Kate Battistelli God's Brave Women - Kate's Story It was probably something I ate. At seven months pregnant the pain in my abdomen...
Brave Women Series
May 24, 20227 min read
When We Don't Know if God Can be Trusted: Letting Love Heal Us
By Sara Barratt God's Brave Women - Sara's Story I’ve always been the girl with the trust issues. My fear of giving a man my trust...
Brave Women Series
May 10, 20225 min read
A Bold Pro-love Stance on Abortion: Helping Her Be Brave
By Amy Ford God's Brave Women - Amy's Story When I was nineteen, I had an unplanned pregnancy. Fear overwhelmed me and I came within...
Brave Women Series
May 3, 20225 min read
Braving Broken Relationships: How God Brings Beauty from the Ashes of Hurt
By Mary Rooney Armand God's Brave Women - Mary's Story Leaning on his car, my boyfriend looked across the calm water and casually...
Brave Women Series
Feb 8, 20225 min read
Following God's Call to Seek Justice: A Brave Journey Toward Becoming a Guardian
By Rachel W. Rains God's Brave Women - Rachel's Story I got married when I was just 20 years old. You could say I went straight from one...
Brave Women Series
Feb 1, 20225 min read
The Brave Choice to Get Help: How Going to Counseling Cultivates Truth and Courage
By Jenn Schultz God's Brave Women - Jenn's Story It took months to make the phone call. Then a few more months to fill out the simple...
Brave Women Series
Oct 26, 20216 min read
Shame Off You: Healing from Childhood Sexual Exploitation
By Amy Kratzer God's Brave Women - Amy's Story When I share my story of childhood exploitation, I’m often asked, “How could this happen...
Brave Women Series
Jul 13, 20215 min read
The Bravest Thing We Can Do After Relationships Break: Letting Go of Our Shame
By Heather Lobe Johnson God's Brave Women - Heather's Story When my now-husband and I first started dating, I was a single mom with a...
Brave Women Series
Jul 7, 20215 min read
You Don't Have to Feel Brave to Be It: How God's Courage Is More Than Enough
By Rachel Fahrenbach God's Brave Women - Rachel's Story I dial my husband’s cell and whisper “come on, pick up” with gusto, as if merely...
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 23, 20215 min read
Letting Anxiety Lead Us to Jesus Instead of Judgment
By JJ Gutierrez God's Brave Women - JJ's Story Here I sit again. Butterflies flapping wildly in my belly and anxious thoughts racing from...
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?...
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