I'm still very, very tired from my spontaneous pneumothorax (aka randomly occurring collapsed lung) & I've been asked what happened, so here's my story:
Meghan O’Rourke writes about her struggle with an autoimmune disease and about the history of illness narratives and memoirs.
Writers often enjoy crafting their characters' appearances, yet just how important is appearance in the grand scheme of your story? Well, that depends. In some instances, appearance plays a large role, informing a character's struggle, defining important cultural context, lending
Here's a really cool study map for Alma 1 - 27. Print it off. Color code it. Make some inspired notes. It's yours! I love using this as a study tool.
I felt as if my one side of my face was on fire - it was shingles. It's also called herpes zoster - but people assume this herpes to be something else. So anyways, how did I recover from it without a scar and what is shingles? Here's my recovery story... In 2005 life was tossing me around through crazy turmoil.
How many of us find the work we have to do just to make it from dusk to dawn tiring and our schedules full enough without layering in work on recovery from harmful behaviors and habits? I will answer for most of us – we are already busy enough and…
This inspirational verse shows us how to respond to the call God puts on our life. The meaning of Isaiah 6:8 is a verse everyone should know.
If you were a poor city resident in the late 19th century, you may have called an old-law tenement home. These were dumbbell-shaped buildings with four apartments to each floor, three rooms in each…
Mixing Jenga® and calming strategies is the perfect way to teach your students the skills they need in a low-pressure way
This is always a favorite of mine -- I still have former students message me on Thanksgiving to wish me a Happy SquantoGiving (it makes sense after the activity). Squanto lived a fascinating, heart-breaking and inspiring life, and deserves so much more attention and credit than we give him. This rea...
This incredible story is a wonderful illustration of how so many things came together in a miraculous way to create the perfect ending to this amazing prophet's life.
Take your content marketing skills to the next level with this complete guide chock-full of tips and resources made just for you.
All the helps you need for the next 6 months to teach about Ministering to Others
All illustrations courtesy of Alex NabaumLatter-day Saints know that we lived before we came to earth and that we will live again after death. But exactly how many details do we know about this spiritual existence? Find out what Church doctrine teaches us about our premortal and postmortal life.
A 10 lesson Bible study for kids and families on "minding our mouths" and "taming the tongue"! It digs deep into the Scriptures so kids can see how God's Word address how we speak and are called to live peacefully with others as well as how big of an impact what we say has on our relationships and our Christian walk!
'Nothing in my life goes untouched by my husband's calling.' Christine Hoover's words in the first chapter describe so well the life of a church planter's wife, which is enormously difficult yet extraordinarily rewarding. To be married to a church planter is a calling all its own with richness all its own. In The Church Planting Wife, Hoover explores and encourages the hearts of her readers and teaches what it means to have heart prepared for this unique ministry. Being the wife of a church planter, she knows well the highs and lows, the glories and despairs. Christine speaks with clarity and poignancy to the reader about what it looks like to be part of the church planting ministry and to grow a heart that wholly reflects Jesus. Using stories and interviews from numerous church planting wives, Christine Hoover empathetically and pointedly uplifts the reader and offer lessons of hope in the midst of a challenging ministry.
Writers, it's time to discuss one of my favorite storytelling topics: plot structure. Today, in particular, we're going to break down a structure originally outlined by mythologist Joseph Campbell in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces . The Hero's Journey is a classic plo
What are Morning Pages? The Morning Pages are a simple exercise that can have a huge impact on your creativity, focus, and happiness!
Five years ago, a month before my 25th birthday, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma. It was slightly larger than the size of a golf ball (which is huge in terms of a brain tumor). So many questions flooded my mind. What will this mean for my family? For me? What will the rest of my life look like?
4 days in Switzerland is not going to be enough - I'm sorry. This rich, earthy land has more sides to her than a conjurer’s coin. But to help you see enough on your first trip, follow my itinerary and you'll return happy - albeit hungry for more.
Love between a husband and wife needs to be sacrificial in nature, but the world tells us to put "me" first. How can we possibly love when we feel unloved?
The inspiring survivor story of the blind poet & activist, Fanny Crosby. She made history with her words, but was she battling depression & illness?
