“What now, God?” I asked when we moved from California, away from my best friend. “Here are new friends to go with the old, and a wonderful church family. Grow closer to Me.” “What now, God?” I asked when we moved from Spain, away from my wonderful church family. “I will always be here for…
Category Archives: Training In Truth
Why I’m Not Romantic
I see the blog posts all the time. Girls sighing, squealing, gushing. They’re oohing and ahhing. I feel like such a pessimist. Why does refraining to post about love on my blog make me feel so very different? Why do I feel like I’m so against the norm? Instead of romantic dreams, I choose to post…
Live in Today, Prepare for Tomorrow
Do you ever think when you’re reading through all these wonderful posts here At the Well, “Wow, these are great ideas, I can’t wait to use them for my family when I get married”, or, “Hmm…that’s something I will need to work on when I get married and have my own family”? While these are…
The Real World
I’ve always been a girl who loves, books, adventures, stories, fantasies, and other worlds. Why would I want to live in reality when my make-believe worlds are much more interesting? Who would want the real world when Middle Earth, Narnia, Wonderland, and Neverland are all out there in our imaginations? Isn’t it natural for a girl to…
Building a Temple
The beginning of the book of Ezra outlines the return of the people of Israel to their land after several years of exile. How it must have pained them to gaze over the fields lying desolate and deserted. They had once been golden with harvest! How their hearts lurched when they visited the plots of barren land. Had at one…
God is Good!
A Note from the Owners: Today is Kendra’s first post as a contributor to At the Well. Be sure to welcome her in the comments! At church, I often hear the phrase “God is good all the time; All the time God is good.” And I am certain that if I went up to any…
The Road Less Traveled
Have you ever found a metaphor for your life that just seems to fit? A metaphor so perfect that you feel a sense of peace? That someone understands? This is how I feel when I read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I love the poetry of Robert Frost for many reasons. First off,…
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