Rare Faith Blog

By Rochelle Lloyd

Vulnerability—the ability to be vulnerable.
It shows up in many forms, and most of us have to reckon with it at some point. For some, it's a minor inconvenience that appears in spec...

Tamara Shimmin

How could I have missed it?

We talked about this in Mindset Mastery. I’d seen Leslie Householder’s Visual Aid That Changed Everything. I’d read The Jackrabbit Factor and Portal to Gen...

Tamara Shimmin

There’s a rhythm to life that’s hard to notice in the moment—but crystal clear when you look back through time.

Everyone experiences ups and downs. But the Law of Rhythm takes on a wh...

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...

Tamara Shimmin

Breaking free from the debt yo-yo and stepping into lasting financial freedom can feel overwhelming. You’ve gotten out of debt before—maybe even more than once—only to find yourself ba...

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 Heidi Dahlke

About five and a half years ago, I reached out to my brother, who was flipping houses for a friend. I had always been interested in remodeling and knew I’d enjoy working outside the h...

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 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 Rochelle Lloyd

988 square feet.
That’s all we had.

We had moved into our little home with two young boys and a strong assurance that God had led us there. It wasn’t meant to be forever—we figured...

By Lena Mattice

That's My Lineman
He holds back two guys so your son can get,
around to make the tackle
He stands his ground, pushes other guys around,
so your son can make the play.
He never folds under ...

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

Throughout my life, I’ve heard so many people say things like:

• Why does it seem like some people have it easy?

• Why is life so hard for me and not for others?

• Why does i

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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 Heidi Dahlke

From the moment I got married, I found myself exposed to a steady stream of multi-level marketing programs. I joined several of them, always hoping this one would be the key—the one t...

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 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 Roseanne Dawes

As I sat quietly on the couch in my living room, I suddenly heard a distinct voice in my head say, “This is not your house.” It startled me. I had never thought that before. We’d li...