Use this guide to ponder how Jesus suffered through His five senses in order to more fully appreciate how much He endured for the love of each one of us.

by Malia Lewis | When you have a chronic illness, you don’t always know what will set it off. I am constantly discovering...

by Kaitlyn McGrath | Reflecting on my childhood, I realized there were a few things my parents did to encourage openness to all vocations among my three brothers and me.

There’s no doubt that life can be difficult at times. No matter how hard we try to escape, it’s inevitable that we will encounter some form of suffering almost every ...

When others hurt you, how do you tend to respond? Do you immediately try to sit down with that individual in order to hash things out? Do you say nothing ...

You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.” (Psalm 139:5) A little while ago, I found myself tossing and turning in my bed from 10:00 ...

by Lorraine Espenhain | Sometimes God allows us to go through seeming seasons of loss in our lives in order to move us into what I call 'greater gains'.

by Emily Molitor | All that I offer, I give to Jesus. What does this entail? The cry of a widow over her murdered husband of one year? The agony of a mother by the bedside of her dying child? Opening the newspaper or checking my Facebook newsfeed reminds me daily: surely the world is one of suffering. Each way I turn I meet with a story of suffering, and I struggle not to become overwhelmed by fear and discouragement.

Tonight I’m making chicken noodle soup for dinner. I need the comfort that it brings to me because today my meds aren’t working. One of the hardest challenges that I face as a homeschooling mother is dealing with hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland).