By Lauren Bowerman
Originally Published in Be Still Magazine, Issue 13
How do you put into words the loneliness of depression? How do you explain it when deep weariness seems to cling to you day after day? How do you articulate to fellow believers – to people who look to you as a “strong Christian woman” – that only weeks ago you sat on your bathroom floor, barely able to breathe except to utter the words to God or whoever might be listening, “Why don’t you love me?”
How?…
By Brittany Allen
Originally Published in Be Still Magazine, Issue 4
We are a broken people, am I right?
Each of us come from various backgrounds and upbringings that shape our character and struggles. We have been broken by others, broken by this world and are undeniably broken at the core of our being.…
By Sarah Morrison
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
I had a bad day. Well, it was a week. Maybe it’s actually been the past year. Or two. But on this particular day, unmet needs, unanswered prayers, disappointments, and an hour-long wait at a restaurant all intersected at a weird, chaotic four-way stop.…
By Brittany Allen
Originally Published in Be Still Magazine, issue 8.
I’ll never forget it.
I can never unsee it, and I can never unfeel it.
The pain of watching the ultrasound tech search for that once obvious baby while contractions pulsed and tears filled my eyes was one of the most excruciating things I’ve experienced both physically and emotionally.…
Something frustrating, confusing, unthinkable happened. Something that turned my stomach inside out. Something that burdened me like an elephant resting on each shoulder. At the news, the number one thing I heard over and over and over was: “Everything happens for a reason.”
I grew more and more disheartened with each time someone relayed to me that phrase.…
“What is God’s calling on my life?”
Oh, the question every Christian seems to have been asking since the day they were converted! And to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of it.
We tend to view a “calling” as a passion God has placed in our heart.…
As I write this, I hesitate. I have felt a pressing on my heart to share how God is working through my current season, but yet I struggle. You see, I have no resolution to offer you here. I write this in the midst of a trial.…
I was recently in the Boston area visiting friends. We walked a lot, seeing sights and natural wonders. We walked to see the sight of the Boston Massacre. We walked along jetties in the middle of Gloucester’s bay. We walked along the shoreline, getting our feet wet in low tide. …
After weeks of anticipation, I was excited about August 17, 2016 because it was the day of our scheduled ultrasound to see our third little baby! I was so excited that I wanted my husband and our two older children, to be there to witness the spectacular moment of seeing the baby on the screen and hearing the heartbeat. …
My husband and I hunkered down in front of the television last night, watching the premiere of “America’s Got Talent.” It seems to me that most people loved the unlikely stories—the people who have waited their entire lives for their dreams to come true, singing in subways stations or performing on street corners between red-light cycles.…