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Better than Rejection Therapy
I have chosen the path of rejection. After all, I am an artist. An artist places herself in the face of subjectivity and judgment. She can often embrace judgment with a…
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An introvert, standing alone, inside a maximum-security prison
I first made a profession of faith when I was quite young, while wandering around the Ozark Empire Fair back in the early ‘80s. However, a decade later, when I was…
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Advent: Love
Week 3 I was eight years old when it happened. It was the first time I can remember being completely out of control with rage. My younger brother stood under our…
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More Than I Can Bear
I had always wanted to be a mom. However, I didn’t know how hard, heartbreaking or rewarding the journey of becoming a mom would be. My husband, Casey, and I decided…
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The First 30 Seconds
Steve Donaldson is the director of Rural Compassion and co-founder of Convoy of Hope. I met him in 2018 at The Global Leadership Summit. Rural Compassion had been invited as a…
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