Rare Faith Blog

By Natalie Earl

It was August of 2023 when my friend reached out to me, excited about an event she had just discovered. She often had great ideas and would regularly share them with me, but this time...

By Natalie Earl

Several months ago, I was given $100, and I felt the Spirit clearly prompt me to tuck it behind my phone case. So I did. And over time, I completely forgot it was there. I carried it ...

By Natalie Earl

In the fall of 2019, I felt impressed to start getting up when I naturally woke up in the mornings to study my scriptures and talk with God. I committed to honoring that prompting—and...

By Natalie Earl

There have been moments in my life when I’ve found myself on my knees, pleading with God for answers. One day in particular stands out—a day when I was desperately praying to know how...

By Marcianne Stewart

From the time I was a little girl, all the way through school, whenever we had those lessons about “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I always had the same answer: a stay...

By Barb Bergman

Erica started at BYU in Provo in Fall 2017. After her freshman year, she went on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Philippines. During that freshman...

It was time for Jodie to carry out her Phase 1 experiment in the Mindset Mastery course, but she had some questions about the "inconsequential" goal. First of all...

What is an Inconsequential Goal?

By Barb Bergman

At the end of 2017, my husband and I had just become empty nesters after spending nearly a decade in Kennewick, Washington. Scott was offered a new position at a rural hospital in Ida...

By Barb Bergman

It was the last week of September, and our family had been planning for over a month—a four-day work trip to my in-laws’ cabin in Star Valley, Wyoming, nestled near the mountains outs...

By Andrea Mabey

There’s real power in optimism. I feel it every time I hear hope in a song—it energizes my whole heart. And I feel the opposite when I hear lyrics soaked in despair—my heart sinks. I ...

By Andrea Mabey

Joseph, age 17, was visibly upset. He saw his little sister eating cold cereal on a Saturday night and immediately felt threatened. In our home, cold cereal is usually reserved for Su...

By Barb Bergman

In 2008, our family made a big move—from Memphis, Tennessee to Hermiston, Oregon. It was early July, and my husband, Scott (a CRNA—nurse anesthetist), had just accepted a job at a sma...

By Andrea Mabey

Healthy thin people and I have a lot in common.
I used to be one.

Then stress and age happened, and somewhere along the line, a silent little flag went up:
“Welcome to Overweight-lan...

By Andrea Mabey

Have you ever imagined a hot, gooey cinnamon roll—just dripping with icing—and suddenly realized you needed one? My son John says that imagining delicious food is 85% of cooking. And ...

By Andrea Mabey

Dr. Gawande’s boundless energy powered his busy urology practice, his Rotary Club service, and his thrice-weekly tennis games. He also poured his heart into a rural college in India, ...

By Barb Bergman

My daughter Erica graduated from BYU in 2023 and landed a job at a charter school in her field of Communication Disorders. As a speech pathologist, she worked one-on-one with young ki...

By Amanda Permann

A while back, our GMC Suburban started acting up. We knew something was off but hadn’t gotten it checked yet. One day, my daughter forgot her backpack at home, so I had to make a qu...

By Amanda Permann

I have a daughter with Down Syndrome who is an absolute joy. Like anyone else, she has her own unique gifts, talents, strengths, and desires. She embraces life fully. She is happy. ...