Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie Ten Boom

Heroes of the faith Part 8 Corrie ten Boom slowly walked through the house, treasuring all the memories the old walls held. After months in a Nazi concentration camp besieged by the worst suffering imaginable, it was surreal to be back in the warmth, safety, and love...
Amy Carmichael

Amy Carmichael

Heroes of the faith Part 7 Walking home from church one dreary Sunday, Amy Carmichael and her brothers noticed an old beggar woman struggling under the weight of a heavy bundle. They quickly rushed to her side to help. Being from a wealthy family, Amy suddenly felt...
Nate Saint

Nate Saint

Heroes of the faith Part 6 Born in the Pennsylvania countryside in 1923, Nate Saint grew up in a creative family that encouraged out-of-the-box thinking. Anytime one of their eight children came up with a wild idea, Mr. and Mrs. Saint would enthusiastically help them...
Mom Ref

Mom Ref

Booger wiper. First-aid kit. Limo service. Snack supplier. Diaper changer. Cuddle giver. Screen time limiter. Activity director. Chaos coordinator. Chief Operations Officer. There are a lot of job titles that come with being a mom. I was definitely more prepared for...
Top 17 Parks

Top 17 Parks

Hi mamas! With summer officially here, my kids have already hit some days of “we don’t know what to do” or the dreaded “I’m bored.” First, let me say, I actually think it is good for our kids to get bored. We live in a culture that is chock full of entertainment and...
Betty Greene

Betty Greene

Heroes of the faith Part 5 Eight-year-old Betty Greene could barely contain her excitement. She was standing in the stadium with her family and thousands of others anxiously awaiting a fly-over by her hero, Charles Lindbergh. She had read everything she could get her...
Cameron Townsend

Cameron Townsend

Heroes of the faith Part 4 “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” | Proverbs 19:21 As a young California farm boy, Cameron Townsend had aspirations of becoming a schoolteacher. By the time he graduated high school, however,...
Gladys Aylward

Gladys Aylward

Heroes of the faith Part 3 On paper, Gladys Aylward had none of the proper qualifications to be a missionary. She had failed out of the China Inland Missionary Society’s training school in London. She had no education, no useful skills, no money or missionary society...
Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor

Heroes of the faith Part 2 Stepping inside the Buddhist temple, Hudson could see men and women burning incense and praying to a large stone statue of Buddha. He watched intently. In all his life he had never seen anything other than a Christian church. And what struck...