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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!

God Uses Brave Vulnerability: The Fruit of Giving Others Access into Our Lives

Dec 4, 20234 min read

God Uses Brave Vulnerability: The Fruit of Giving Others Access into Our Lives

By Dr. Richelle Whittaker Brave Women Series - Richelle's Story Have you ever created something to share with others but when it came...

Overcoming Generational Trauma: Bravely Building Relationships with Our Teens

Brave Women Series

Oct 18, 20226 min read

Overcoming Generational Trauma: Bravely Building Relationships with Our Teens

By Jessica Peck God's Brave Women - Jessica's Story I was in the driver’s seat of my car having a recurrent and heated argument with my...

When Life Leaves Us Empty Handed: The Power of Resilient Faith

Brave Women Series

Oct 11, 20224 min read

When Life Leaves Us Empty Handed: The Power of Resilient Faith

By Lyli Dunbar God's Brave Women - Lyli's Story Two years ago, I would jump out of bed in the morning and make eggs for a little person....

Bravely Loving a Prodigal: Accepting God's Good and Grievous Gift

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...

When God Calls Us Back from the Mountaintop: Being Brave in Everyday Faithfulness

Brave Women Series

Aug 30, 20225 min read

When God Calls Us Back from the Mountaintop: Being Brave in Everyday Faithfulness

By Tam Wai Jia God's Brave Women - Wai Jia's Story The problem with highs is that you eventually have to come down low. After a race,...

The Tension of Bravery: Sorting Through Peace and Panic as We Say YES to God

Brave Women Series

Jul 19, 20225 min read

The Tension of Bravery: Sorting Through Peace and Panic as We Say YES to God

By Natalia Drumm God's Brave Women - Natalia's Story “You can’t be serious, Lord?!?!? I asked if you wanted me to do this years ago, why...

For the Days We Feel Broken: How Brave Surrender Helps Us Get Out of Survival Mode

Brave Women Series

Jul 12, 20224 min read

For the Days We Feel Broken: How Brave Surrender Helps Us Get Out of Survival Mode

By Amanda Jass God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story “I feel like I’m broken.” These are the exact words I said to my husband a few months...

Buried in the Grief of Pregnancy Loss: Where God Grows Bravery

Brave Women Series

Jun 6, 20225 min read

Buried in the Grief of Pregnancy Loss: Where God Grows Bravery

By Jenny Albers God's Brave Women - Jenny's Story The second line on the pregnancy test appeared and as much as I wanted to feel joy, it...

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...

When Courage is Closest to Home: Hemming Your Family in Hope

Brave Women Series

Mar 22, 20224 min read

When Courage is Closest to Home: Hemming Your Family in Hope

By Cynthia Ruchti God's Brave Women - Cynthia's Story In college, I thought the bravest thing I could do for God was volunteer to work in...

When Worry Wrecks Us: Having the Courage to Let Control Go

Brave Women Series

Sep 21, 20216 min read

When Worry Wrecks Us: Having the Courage to Let Control Go

By Bethany McDonald God's Brave Women - Bethany's Story When I think of bravery and myself, I don’t really come up with much. The last...

Having Courage in the Hard Middles of Motherhood

Brave Women Series

Feb 16, 20216 min read

Having Courage in the Hard Middles of Motherhood

By Bethany Kimsey God's Brave Women - Bethany's Story I sat slowly, hesitantly on the couch, unsure of what I would hear that week in...

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...

Embracing Your Unexpected Life with Courage

Brave Women Series

Apr 21, 20204 min read

Embracing Your Unexpected Life with Courage

By Jenn Soehnlin God's Brave Women - Jenn's Story When I learned I was going to become a mother, the excitement was indescribable. I...

Brave Women Series

Apr 14, 20205 min read

Brave Enough to Say No

By Steph Thurling God's Brave Women - Steph's Story My fingers flew across the keypad on my phone as I excitedly texted my friends, “I am...

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...

Brave Women Series

Mar 17, 20205 min read

The Brave Choice to Love Others Well

By Nina Hundley God's Brave Women - Nina's Story When I was a young girl, my thoughts of bravery meant being prepared and facing danger,...

Brave Women Series

Jul 17, 20196 min read

Courage in the Midst of Panic Attacks

By Jenni Borcherding God's Brave Women - Jenni's Story I began pacing and could hardly catch my breath. The walls in my living room...

Brave Women Series

Jul 10, 20195 min read

Choosing Courage in Adoption

By Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka God's Brave Women - Cheryl's Story Even now, as Grace sharply turns the corner from childhood to teenager, I am...