by Nanette ONeal | Mar 30, 2014 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
I had a terrible day on Sunday. After church I visited my mentally ill sister-in-law and came home absolutely drained. Anyone who had dealt with mental illness in the family can understand the emotional pain. I was exhausted, depressed, and upset. I needed someone to...
by Nanette ONeal | Mar 23, 2014 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Normally I love the snow. But this winter was brutal. Sub-freezing temperatures and record-levels of snowfall plagued us for months on end. Overcast skies mirrored an endless blanket of snow on the ground. I cannot remember a colder, drearier winter. It seemed as if...
by Nanette ONeal | Mar 9, 2014 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
While watching the figure skating for the Winter Olympics in Sochi this year, I take my usual posture—sitting on the edge of the couch, eyes glued to the skater, heart pounding. I love the beauty and grace with which the athletes perform. But my heart skips a beat...
by Britt Kelly | Feb 27, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
I was wearing a black and white polka dot dress and trying to negotiate a compromise between my graduation cap and my hair. My parents and family were there, as well as my boyfriend who would later become my husband. Pictures, dinner, speeches, an empty diploma case,...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 20, 2013 | Finding Happiness
Elizabeth Smart, at age fourteen, told God she was prepared to and willing to serve Him, but needed to know how to do it. Just days later, she was kidnapped by a mentally ill husband and wife. The man considered her his “wife” and repeatedly raped her, beat her,...