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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!
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A Brave Story About Gender Identity: Being Who God Created Us to Be
By Sara Oyela God's Brave Women - Sara's Story I laid there in the dark, on the top bunk, under my puffy comforter, cuddling with my...
Brave Women Series
Apr 5, 20225 min read
Meeting Jesus in Our Overwhelm: How God's Word is a Strong Anchor in Life's Storms
By Leslie C. Glass God's Brave Women - Leslie's Story I wasn’t a Sunday school regular and wasn’t discipled as a teenager. I didn’t...
Brave Women Series
Mar 29, 20225 min read
Daring to Dream Again: Trusting God with Our Disappointments
By Julie Holmquist God's Brave Women - Julie's Story “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his...
Brave Women Series
Feb 28, 20227 min read
Standing Strong in Your Calling When Life's Storms Come Your Way
By Kristen Strong God's Brave Women - Kristen's Story I grew up in Osage County, Oklahoma, and many of my memories involve summer...
Brave Women Series
Nov 30, 20215 min read
When God Strips Everything Away: Exchanging Our Emptiness for Abundant Grace
By Tina Reale God's Brave Women - Tina's Story At the end of another twelve-hour day, I headed out to my car for the forty-five minute...
Brave Women Series
Nov 16, 20216 min read
Taking Brave Steps Toward Racial Healing: Listening and Aligning to God's Dream
By Lucretia Carter Berry, PhD God's Brave Women - Lucretia's Story She was like a blessing chasing me down, pressing her way through the...
Brave Women Series
Oct 19, 20216 min read
Choosing Bold Obedience When It Doesn't Make Sense
By Quantrilla Ard God's Brave Women - Quantrilla's Story Brave didn’t happen over time for me, it happened in an instant. The very moment...
Brave Women Series
Jul 20, 20215 min read
Getting Unstuck from Fear: How Surfing Helped Me Find My Courage and Joy
By Angie Gibbons God's Brave Women - Angie's Story I like to say that I surf. But what I do has more in common with a baby who has just...
Brave Women Series
Jun 8, 20215 min read
When Bad News Comes: Holding on to God's Unchanging Character
By Kim Caifano God's Brave Women - Kim's Story I sat in my son’s doctor’s office alone, staring at the library of books in front of me....
Brave Women Series
May 17, 20215 min read
The Courageous Life of a Full-time Caregiver: Loving a Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor
By Melanie Vadzemnieks God's Brave Women - Melanie's Story Life as a caregiver is not a path anyone willingly chooses. Rather, we are...
Brave Women Series
May 11, 20215 min read
Daring to Put Jesus First: Giving Our Dreams and Decisions to God
By Andrea P. Bourgeois God's Brave Women - Andrea's Story It was New Year’s Day in 2009 and I laid there staring at the ceiling on my...
Brave Women Series
Apr 20, 20215 min read
The Power of One Exceptional Life: A Quadruple Amputee's Story
By Wendy Wallace God's Brave Women - Wendy's Story There I was lying in a hospital bed in critical condition. The first thing I remember...
Brave Women Series
Jan 19, 20215 min read
Having the Courage to Say YES to God, Even When It Doesn't Go as Planned
By Mamie Pack God's Brave Women - Mamie's Story “I’m sorry, but you are just not what we are looking for at this time.” He stands,...
Brave Women Series
Jan 12, 20215 min read
The Brave Fight Against Eating Disorders
By Karen Kay Smith God's Brave Women - Karen's Story Twenty-four hours remained, and instead of enjoying my family and life to the...
Brave Women Series
Jan 5, 20216 min read
Living in the 'In Between': How to be Brave When Life is Unknown
By Monica D. Rajasagaram God's Brave Women - Monica's Story I couldn’t see how this was going to work, except to trust and be brave. “I’m...
Brave Women Series
Dec 1, 20206 min read
Home is Where Your God Is: A Brave Definition of Belonging
By Shawna Sullivan God's Brave Women - Shawna's Story Parked beside the bath tub on a black and white tiled floor in our New York City...
Brave Women Series
Nov 17, 20205 min read
Breaking Free From People Pleasing: The Brave Burial of Expectations
By Sharon Hines God's Brave Women - Sharon's Story October 2, 2011. Sandi, the school counselor, was starting an after school exercise...
Brave Women Series
Oct 20, 20205 min read
Daring to Live 24/6: The Art of Taking a Sabbath
By Esther Goetz God's Brave Women - Esther's Story Driven. Workaholic. Adrenaline junkie. Type A. 24/7. Savior of the world (or at least...
Brave Women Series
Sep 1, 20205 min read
Walk, Run, Soar: Finding the Courage to Love Again
By Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young God's Brave Women - Dorina's Story After my husband Ericlee died from cancer in 2014, I wasn’t sure if I...
Brave Women Series
Jun 22, 20206 min read
The Power of Open Hearted Living
By Twyla Franz God's Brave Women - Twyla's Story A word for the year can be a like a dare—a weighted invitation to surrender and grow....
Brave Women Series
Jun 9, 20205 min read
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