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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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The Pandemic of Panic, Fear & Depression: Unpacking What's Happening in Our Spirits, Bodies & Souls
By Christy Boulware Brave Women Series - Christy's Story Being discharged from the hospital should have made me feel better. After all, I...
Brave Women Series
Nov 6, 20235 min read
Finding Freedom from Food Addiction: How God Brings to Light What Hides in the Dark
By Christina Zambrano God's Brave Women - Christina's Story I vowed to take my secret to the grave even though I knew without a doubt...
Brave Women Series
Aug 23, 20226 min read
Asking for What You Need Can Be the Bravest Thing of All
By Heather Bjur God's Brave Women - Heather's Story It’s been a BIG year in my world. Big is such a ‘vanilla’ word, and my creative...
Brave Women Series
Aug 9, 20226 min read
For the Days We Feel Broken: How Brave Surrender Helps Us Get Out of Survival Mode
By Amanda Jass God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story “I feel like I’m broken.” These are the exact words I said to my husband a few months...
Brave Women Series
Jul 12, 20224 min read
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...
Brave Women Series
Feb 1, 20225 min read
Living Through Childhood Abuse with Borrowed Bravery
By Amanda Lewallen God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story Sitting in her office, I traced the tiny circle on the arm of the chair with my...
Brave Women Series
Aug 31, 20214 min read
Anxiety and Depression Don’t Disqualify You from Being Brave
By Becky Keife God's Brave Women - Becky's Story One of the hardest things about anxiety and depression (at least for me) is not being...
Brave Women Series
Jun 22, 20217 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
Finding the Courage to Face Childhood Sexual Abuse and Trauma
By Maria Fonseca God's Brave Women - Maria's Story There’s a stigma associated with people when they are admitted to a psychiatric...
Brave Women Series
Apr 6, 20215 min read
Letting Anxiety Lead Us to Jesus Instead of Judgment
By JJ Gutierrez God's Brave Women - JJ's Story Here I sit again. Butterflies flapping wildly in my belly and anxious thoughts racing from...
Brave Women Series
Mar 23, 20215 min read
Tearing Down the Stigma Behind Suicide: Bravely Talking About Mental Illness
By Pamela Henkelman God's Brave Women - Pamela's Story Four years ago, the kind funeral director hauled more chairs into the overflow...
Brave Women Series
Mar 2, 20215 min read
Having Courage in the Hard Middles of Motherhood
By Bethany Kimsey God's Brave Women - Bethany's Story I sat slowly, hesitantly on the couch, unsure of what I would hear that week in...
Brave Women Series
Feb 16, 20216 min read
Silencing Shame from Abortion: A Brave Story of God's Redemptive Love
By Carla Edmisten God's Brave Women - Carla's Story I did not have the courage to do the right thing over thirty years ago. I believed my...
Brave Women Series
Dec 8, 20206 min read
How Humility Helps Us Be Brave with God
By Jenny Lynne Stroup God's Brave Women - Jenny Lynne's Story There are a few moments in my life where outsized pride outpaces humility...
Brave Women Series
Oct 27, 20205 min read
Braving the Edge: Reaching Out to Addicted Loved Ones
By Melissa C. Dyer God's Brave Women - Melissa's Story Even as I pulled on the handle and timidly walked inside, I was surprised to find...
Brave Women Series
Jul 7, 20206 min read
Finding the Courage to Feel
By Sarah E. Westfall God's Brave Women - Sarah's Story I don’t know when or where I learned to hide my emotions. Perhaps it was that day...
Brave Women Series
Mar 31, 20205 min read
Courage in the Midst of Panic Attacks
By Jenni Borcherding God's Brave Women - Jenni's Story I began pacing and could hardly catch my breath. The walls in my living room...
Brave Women Series
Jul 17, 20196 min read
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