Amanda Strauser2 days ago4 minGreat is Thy FaithfulnessI grew up on hymns and while I thoroughly enjoy a lot of the new worship music that is coming out today there is still a special place in...
Amanda StrauserJun 163 minDo It ScaredI’ve been thinking a lot about courage for the last few weeks and was reminded of the night before my mom’s funeral. I was understandably...
Amanda StrauserJun 94 min#Selflove RevolutionIf you do a quick internet search on “self-love” you will find a plethora of information: 41 Ways to Practice Self-Love, 13 Habits...
Amanda StrauserJun 24 minBeware of False StartsI’m really not a sports girl. Not that I have anything against sports but they never were my thing. With that said, I must add that...
Amanda StrauserMay 264 minSafe HavenIf you have read this blog for any amount of time or know me personally, you know my story and the testimony of my marriage...
Amanda StrauserMay 195 minFurnace of AfflictionThis week I want to do things a little bit differently. I know that I normally write about some circumstance in my life, but when I knew...
Amanda StrauserMay 125 minCut, Paste, CompromiseThere was a season that I was in a while back where God impressed upon me strongly that I needed to walk away from video games...
Amanda StrauserMay 54 minGodfidenceI can’t say that if asked to describe myself that confident would be terribly high on the list. I tend to second guess and in the spirit...
Travis HabbershonApr 284 minPack It InIt’s very sad to me… that many, many so-called Christians seem to be, “packing it in.” The urgency they once had to reach the lost...
Amanda StrauserApr 215 minHunger & ThirstI woke up at the beginning of this week with a line from a song on my heart, “I hunger and thirst for you,”...
Amanda StrauserApr 145 minIt's Not FairSometime over the last couple of years, our youngest daughter hit the “it’s not fair” stage. Her heightened awareness of injustice has...
Amanda StrauserApr 75 minGo BoldlyI cannot recall one time in which I questioned whether my parents loved me. I always knew that they did. That’s one of the special things...
Amanda StrauserMar 316 minI'm Telling!“I’m telling!" I think was one of the most terrifying things I ever heard as a child...
Amanda StrauserMar 244 minManufactured PartiesI used to do the same thing every night. After I put my kids to bed I would take out my little wooden box, go outside, and take three hits..
Amanda StrauserMar 175 minHere Be GiantsI have felt a special kind of kinship to Joshua in the Old Testament for some time now. I know what it's like to wander due to the choices..
Travis HabbershonMar 103 minTestifyGod revives communities by first changing lives in those communities. As individuals go from death to life, lost to found, bound to free...
Amanda StrauserMar 35 minOut of OrderAs I was praying about the blog this week I kept thinking of the phrase “out of order” and then as I was writing a sign with those very...
Amanda StrauserFeb 245 minTextbook Testimony Today I woke up thinking about babies. Not in the “I want to have more babies” way. That ship has long since sailed...
Amanda StrauserFeb 176 minA Tested LoveAs Valentine's Day came and went this year God kept reminding me of an interaction I had some years back. I was working as a hostess when...
Amanda StrauserFeb 105 minUnlovelyIt was a sticky summer day maybe six years ago and as per usual I was running late. We were leaving for a family reunion...