Life seems to be all about learning, implementing, revising, relearning… Some of those lessons are ones I wish I just had to sit through once and, perhaps if I truly learned the message the first time through, that would be the case. He’s been teaching me these past many months the art of letting go….
Author Archives: Staci
Changing, growing…seeking!
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann “Hey!” Kendall walked into the kitchen. It was the twinkle in her eyes more than her excited tone that captured my attention. “Can you come here for a minute?” I dried my hands on a towel and…
Beyond the blessings.
Blessings have always seemed to be the symbol of the favor of God, of being in His will. And when they’ve rained down upon my head, I have to say that I have felt incredibly loved by God. Not that I deserved the blessings – never, ever will that be the case. But maybe I…
A Brother’s Gift
Sometimes gifts come in the most unexpected packages. Sometimes they are the very thing you didn’t even know you needed. I sat in the airport terminal a couple of weeks ago, my heart literally torn, struggling to be in two places at once. We were about to board a plane for a long anticipated trip…
Celebrating the small things.
Life is full of major milestones. Births, graduations, weddings…These are times of great celebration, times of gathering together with those who love us most and marking the event with lots of laughter and love. And then there are those other milestones. The ones that don’t necessarily get earmarked as “special” until much later, when our…
Soul food for the sisterhood.
This week has been a blur of activity. A whirlwind of busyness. A virtual non-stop list of things and chores to do and accomplish. But you know what? I wouldn’t change a minute of it! Because it is all leading up to something I have been craving for some time now. Soul food. The gathering…
New Life…New Beginnings
“Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.” ~ Romans 6:13 I’ve been…
A journey of trust
I drove along the unfamiliar road, going maybe 50 mph at best. The sun was quickly setting in the west, much faster than I had hoped. I had left my house forty minutes earlier for the hour and a half road trip, equipped with nothing more than anxiety over navigating country roads by myself and…
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Barbie, Managing Editor
Hello! I'm Barbie, Managing Editor here at 5MinutesforFaith. I am so glad you stopped by! I live in Northern California with my husband and our four children, and I I love to openly and honestly share about God from my heart...
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