Rare Faith Blog

By Helen Huntsman

"Should we call this ‘crashing’ or ‘rest’?"

While brainstorming story ideas with my daughter to illustrate the Law of Rhythm, we flipped through Hidden Treasures by Leslie Househo...

By Rochelle Lloyd

Sometimes the things we hope for take a long time to come to fruition. Leslie Householder once compared it to having a baby: even if that baby is a little later than expected, we kn...

By Helen Huntsman

My husband’s voice called from the kitchen: “Have you seen my car keys?”

I was upstairs folding laundry and honestly, I was confused. I responded, “Pardon?”

You have to understand...

By Kathleen Taylor

Facebook post October 13th, 2020
Came home to a flooded bathroom, part of two bedrooms, a hall way and a closet. As I walked around the house assessing damage and processing the who...

By Roseanne Dawes

I taught elementary school for eight years before I finally felt the nudge to resign and become an entrepreneur. Actually, those promptings started a full year earlier, encouraging ...

By Heidi Dahlke

In my college English class, I had a professor who encouraged us to write by focusing on a moment—a snapshot of our lives—and to describe it using all five senses. Years later, while ...

By Lena Mattice

Everyone has dreams. Some people chase them and see them come true, while others quietly set them aside. For some, dreams become goals with a plan. For others, they stay distant—thing...

By Laura Curtis

Have you ever loved someone so deeply and then watched them make choices you just couldn’t agree with? It’s hard. For a long time, I really struggled with that. I’d feel frustrated, w...

By Helen Huntsman

Seeing $1,450.72 withdrawn from my checking account could mean something exciting… or something awful.

Seeing $1,450.72 withdrawn after realizing I’d lost my debit card?

Yeah. Rea...

Tamara Shimmin

We were living the dream—only, the dream wasn’t quite what we had imagined.

My husband and I had bought an RV with visions of roaming the country, exploring state and national parks, ...

By Helen Huntsman

You know that saying, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”?

I’ve decided that people who say that have never actually been tired.

Today I want to share a little about my experience with ch...

By Kathleen Taylor

Leslie Householder often talks about staking your claim—literally walking up to the target, placing your arrow right in the center of the bullseye, tying a string to the end of it,...

By Laura Curtis

While taking the Mindset Mastery Course and learning about inconsequential goals, I realized I wasn’t asking for things in my life as often as I could. One day, as I prepared to facil...

By Heidi Dahlke

My struggles with weight began early in my marriage. My husband was hardly ever home—he was a teacher and coached three different sports—so I spent a lot of time alone. That was the f...

By Helen Huntsman

I was trapped in the bathroom.

Okay, "trapped" might sound a little dramatic—but when you're staring at a bathroom door handle and realize you physically can't pull hard enough to...

By Laura Curtis

When I was a teenager, my family had horses. I hadn’t grown up riding them since they were boarded away from our home. My brothers spent a lot of time learning and riding with my dad,...

By Roseanne Dawes

I got a text from my daughter saying she was getting married—in five days—right after her bridal shower.
Wait. What? How? When?!

My brain went from zero to a hundred in a matter of...

By Laura Curtis

Worry. Fear.
Worry. Fear.
Sleepless nights.
My mind racing—running scenarios over and over.
What if? What now? What will we do?

The concern consumed me. I found myself in tears const...