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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!

Meeting Jesus in Our Overwhelm: How God's Word is a Strong Anchor in Life's Storms

Mar 29
5 min

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...

Finding the Courage to Seek God in Sorrow: When Suffering Points to Christ's Splendor

Brave Women Series

Feb 15
6 min

Finding the Courage to Seek God in Sorrow: When Suffering Points to Christ's Splendor

By Shawndra Lucas God's Brave Women - Shawndra's Story When it comes to being a Christian, I’ve done all the things. I’m a credentialed...

The Brave Choice to Get Help: How Going to Counseling Cultivates Truth and Courage

Brave Women Series

Feb 1
5 min

The Brave Choice to Get Help: How Going to Counseling Cultivates Truth and Courage

By Jenn Schultz God's Brave Women - Jenn's Story It took months to make the phone call. Then a few more months to fill out the simple...

Allowing Suffering To Make Us, Not Break Us

Brave Women Series

Dec 14, 2021
7 min

Allowing Suffering To Make Us, Not Break Us

By Rachael St. Germain God's Brave Women - Rachael's Story Most of us have a hate-hate relationship with suffering and want to avoid it...

How Experiencing Loss Can Change Our Faith: Choosing Courageous Growth in Trials

Brave Women Series

Nov 23, 2021
7 min

How Experiencing Loss Can Change Our Faith: Choosing Courageous Growth in Trials

By Amy Debrucque God's Brave Women - Amy's Story “There is a difference between having a childlike faith and being a childish Christian.”...

When Worry Wrecks Us: Having the Courage to Let Control Go

Brave Women Series

Sep 21, 2021
6 min

When Worry Wrecks Us: Having the Courage to Let Control Go

By Bethany McDonald God's Brave Women - Bethany's Story When I think of bravery and myself, I don’t really come up with much. The last...

Being Brave in the Breaking: How Our Family Survived the Impossible

Brave Women Series

Aug 18, 2021
5 min

Being Brave in the Breaking: How Our Family Survived the Impossible

By Becky Beresford God's Brave Women - Becky's Story I picked up my head and looked wearily into the bathroom mirror. Staring at the...

Growing into Bravery After a Child's Life-Altering Medical Diagnosis

Brave Women Series

Jun 29, 2021
6 min

Growing into Bravery After a Child's Life-Altering Medical Diagnosis

By Jodie Pine God's Brave Women - Jodie's Story I find myself living in the before and after within the framework of diagnosis. But I've...

Boldly Say It's Not Enough: Embracing Our Longing for More

Brave Women Series

Jun 14, 2021
6 min

Boldly Say It's Not Enough: Embracing Our Longing for More

By Ana Nunez God's Brave Women - Ana's Story It’s perplexing to enjoy my life and still experience a strange longing for home; a vague...

Getting Unstuck from Fear: How Surfing Helped Me Find My Courage and Joy

Brave Women Series

Jun 8, 2021
5 min

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...

From Atheist to Surrendered Daughter: A Brave Journey of Belief

Brave Women Series

Jun 1, 2021
6 min

From Atheist to Surrendered Daughter: A Brave Journey of Belief

By Mariel Davenport God's Brave Women - Mariel's Story I don’t know the first time I declared myself an atheist. By the time I entered...

Using Our Doubt as a Catalyst for Courage

Brave Women Series

May 25, 2021
7 min

Using Our Doubt as a Catalyst for Courage

By Casey Hilty God's Brave Women - Casey's Story There’s a bit of irony happening behind the scenes of my post for the Brave Women...

Embracing Who God Made Us to Be: Brave Words from an Asian American Sister

Brave Women Series

Apr 27, 2021
5 min

Embracing Who God Made Us to Be: Brave Words from an Asian American Sister

By Susan Park God's Brave Women - Susan's Story I remember the early morning darkness alone in my hotel room as God gently asked me,...

Building Courage Through Small Acts of Bravery

Brave Women Series

Apr 13, 2021
5 min

Building Courage Through Small Acts of Bravery

By Katy Epling God's Brave Women - Katy's Story “Mommy, come walk the plank with me!” Splashes, squeals, and laughter surrounded us as my...

Giving Our Broken Marriages to God: How to Walk Through an Unwanted Divorce Bravely

Brave Women Series

Mar 30, 2021
6 min

Giving Our Broken Marriages to God: How to Walk Through an Unwanted Divorce Bravely

By Heather Jeffery God's Brave Women - Heather's Story I’ll never forget the one sentence that instantly changed my life. As we prepared...

Choosing Grace Over Guilt: A Brave Lesson on the Effects of Shame

Brave Women Series

Mar 9, 2021
6 min

Choosing Grace Over Guilt: A Brave Lesson on the Effects of Shame

By Julie Lefebure God's Brave Women - Julie's Story The weight on my chest made it hard to breathe. I guess it had resided there for so...

Breaking Free from Gender Stereotypes within the Church

Brave Women Series

Feb 22, 2021
5 min

Breaking Free from Gender Stereotypes within the Church

By Simi John God's Brave Women - Simi's Story Born and raised in India, I knew at any early age that women had a ceiling in what they do...

When Church Hurts: Recovering Bravely After Others Let You Down

Brave Women Series

Jan 26, 2021
6 min

When Church Hurts: Recovering Bravely After Others Let You Down

By Michelle Nietert God's Brave Women - Michelle's Story If you had met me in the winter of 2000, you would have met a woman who was on...

Brave Women Series

Dec 29, 2020
5 min

Choosing Brave in the Face of Rejection

By Jennie Denney God's Brave Women - Jennie's Story "Instead of announcing who made the team, we're going to hand out envelopes as you...

I Need to Say I'm Sorry: A Brave Confession for God's Girls

Brave Women Series

Dec 15, 2020
7 min

I Need to Say I'm Sorry: A Brave Confession for God's Girls

By Becky Beresford God's Brave Women - Becky's Story I wasn’t planning on writing this to you, Dear Friend. At least not yet. But as an...