I’m hungry

May 15, 2008 | Knowing Christ

Sometimes I feel a million miles away from God.

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Karon’s Story

May 14, 2008 | Nurturing Family

 

Thank you for sharing your story. I wept when I read it. I found it by reading the interview on CBN — thank you for really good answers that were indepth and tangible – not just broad generics.  This is a poem that I wrote -and of all the things that I struggle with, the one that’s the hardest and means the most is for me to be a better mom. 

One Woman
by Karol Hansen

 A girl so young
 Her memory yet unformed
 Suffered under abusing hands (more…)

I wish it were my doing, but. . .

Nurturing Family

So, how do you like the new look of the website?

I’m excited about the new direction. I wanted this to be welcoming, and to be a place where I could invite readers to join me to talk about Christ, life, issues, and books.

Speaking of life, this weekend my three children and two of their spouses graduated from college.

Somehow these five graduations–in three cities–in five different facilities–were all at the same time and on the same day. Ayee!

We attended as many ceremonies as we could, but I was torn. (more…)

Article for moms (and dads) wanting to heal the past

May 9, 2008 | Nurturing Family

I hope you’ll check out a great article on cbn.com today. I was interviewed by Belinda Elliot of Christian Broadcasting Network and it ran as a feature on their site.

Here is an excerpt of Be The Mom You Want to Be: (more…)

Amanda’s Story

May 8, 2008 | Knowing Christ

My Story
by Amanda Grogan
Newlywed, Believer, Chi Alpha Ministries: NSU University 

Today has been one of those days where I have done a lot of talking to my father in heaven in addition to those around me.

I am a firm believer that absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. So why is that every time something happens, the human part of me stops to think why is this happening?

Eventually, I realize that things occur because nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. So where am I going with this? Well, I believe that many years ago, my heavenly father began to write a story on the tablet of my heart. Throughout the course of my life, I have faced many obstacles. Some worse than others, some self-imposed, and some well…who knows but regardless, these obstacles have become a huge part of the woman I have become today.

Maybe it started when was a child and lived in a really disfunctional family that finally resulted in my parent’s divorce, losing loved ones in my life to death and/or distance, or maybe just the trials of everyday life, but I believe that the never-ending theme throughout my story is the idea of overcoming. (more…)

When Mother’s Day isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

May 7, 2008 | Nurturing Family

My good friend, Allison, shared this on her Boomer Babes Rock blog today:

“I was recently in a meeting with a group of dynamic authors and speakers. One of them asked for feedback on a Mother’s Day message she was giving. She wanted to keep her presentation upbeat and exciting. I could understand that. She was focusing on all the mothers who were going to have a lovely day. Yet, when I asked her the following question, I could immediately see that I threw her a curve ball.

What about the mothers in the audience whose hearts are breaking because they may have lost a child, or their child is in bondage to an addiction, or, like my son, might be in prison?” (more…)