Freedom from the Striving of Self-Righteousness

Is It Marriage You Want—or Emotional Security? - Bravester

Marriage isn’t just about emotional security—it’s about growth, compromise, and learning to love through everyday challenges.

Jul 7, 20254 min read

Brenda Seefeldt

Sacred Spaces and Listening Adults-What Teens Need - Bravester

Parents, your teen needs a sacred space and relationship with listening adults to ask faith questions. You can provide this.

Jun 30, 20254 min read

Brenda Seefeldt

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. – Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)You would not define yourself...

Jun 29, 20255 min readFreedom Grace Surrender Devotional

Brenda Seefeldt

Feeling Hopeless? How Hopelessness Can Lead You to Hope - Bravester

Hope begins when you stop pretending. Learn how hopelessness can be a turning point toward healing, clarity, and God’s wisdom.

Jun 25, 20255 min read

How to Think About Loss and Grief After Texas Flooding

There's no greater pain than losing a child. To parents grieving after the Texas flooding, here's what I have to say and hope I want to share.

Jul 9, 20252 min read

Sheryl H. Boldt

Have You Ever Been Unfairly Judged? - Today Can Be Different

How many people have I hurt with my hasty and superficial judgments? How many have you? When we feel the urge to judge, wouldn’t it be wiser (and more compassionate) to give others the benefit of the doubt? Isn’t this what we hope others would do for us?

Jul 9, 20253 min read

Nicole O'Meara

With God as My Walking Stick — Nicole O'Meara

Tactile paving is my nemesis. The yellow plates of bumps at the edge of a crosswalk or sidewalk were created to alert visually impaired people of an upcoming hazard. I’m so glad someone invented bumps that help, but for me, those bumps are a hazard! With God’s words to Jeremiah echoing in my mind,

Jul 9, 20258 min read

Nancy C. Williams

The Little Foxes in Our Backyard

Lovely little foxes are reminders to be wary of the world’s lures.

Jul 8, 20254 min read

Brenda Seefeldt

Brenda Seefeldt Amodea is a pastor, and speaker. She has worked with teens since 1981 to present. She has lived through the teen years in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and now into the 2020s. Imagine that collected wisdom! Imagine just the teen language trends she has lived through. She writes about that wisdom at www.Bravester.com. Read this clever article about those decades at https://largerstory.church/four-decades-of-youth-ministry/ She has also published I Wish I Could Take Away Your Pain, the Bible study workbook with video, Trust Issues with God, and the upcoming book, The Story of Two Lost Sons. With her husband, Brenda also publishes a paintball magazine, www.Paintball.Media. You didn’t see that one coming, right?