Rare Faith Blog

By Shanna Hoppie

The Law of Gestation states:

Everything has a natural season or “clock” for growth. A human baby takes nine months, an oak tree takes years to become a seedling, and corn is planted...

By Shanna Hoppie

A few weeks ago, my seven-year-old son was playing in a championship baseball tournament. The final game didn’t end until 10:30 p.m. It was late, everyone was exhausted, and we still...

By Melanie Valderrama

I was chatting with a friend recently who’s going through a tough time financially. She asked me what I would do if I were in her shoes. The very first thing I told her was: Sta...

By Ken Carroll

One of the processes I’ve come to truly enjoy is quieting my mind and reflecting—making space for truth to rise into my conscious awareness. As I sat with this particular assignment, I...

By Melanie Valderrama

The Law of Gender teaches us that in all of creation, there is both a masculine and feminine aspect. One provides the seed; the other nurtures it. For anything to come to life—w...

By Renae Pelo

When I was about six years old, my mother taught me a poem—At Breakfast Time by Edgar A. Guest. She signed me up to recite it at our local church talent show, and to my delight, I won a...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Vibration teaches that everything in the universe is in a constant state of motion—vibrating. These vibrations are how energy, ideas, and outcomes move and connect. This pri...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Polarity states that everything has its opposite. If there is sorrow, then there must be joy. If there is pain, there must be pleasure. If there is failure, there must be su...

By Sandra Mann

“Your husband has been in an accident at work and you need to go to him now.” Those words came from the white-faced supervisor who had just received the phone call where I worked at th...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Gender teaches that in nature, every kind of life requires both a male and female: one to plant the seed, and one to grow and nurture it. In the same way, our minds are the ...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Relativity teaches that nothing is inherently good or bad until we choose to assign a positive or negative meaning to it. Something that happens just is. If I imagine myself...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy teaches that energy is constantly moving—from one form, through another, and then into something new. Our thoughts and feelings are real fo...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Rhythm says that everything moves in cycles. When I’m in a hard season, I know good times are on their way. And when I’m in a good season, I know I’ll eventually get restles...

By Renae Pelo

As the mother of ten children, I’ve had a lot of experience with the Law of Gestation—the idea that everything has a natural gestation period before it comes to life. I was pregnant for...

By Ken Carroll

The Law of Cause and Effect tells us that in nature, every cause produces an effect, and every effect has a cause. Nothing happens by chance. Newton put it simply: for every action, th...

By Ken Carroll

I’ve always believed we each have a purpose to fulfill in life—one we actually prepared for before we were even born. For twelve years, I lived “on purpose,” feeling certain it was pre...

By Sandra Mann

"We need a house."

I announced this to my husband one December evening after spending all day staring at the same walls of our small two-bedroom apartment. I was on bed rest, expectin...

By Renae Pelo

Whenever we live a law, we receive its natural consequence. But when it comes to relationships, for some reason, we tend to expect things to improve just because. Because we really want...