Arise Blog

Emotional Wellness

What Are You Doing God?

Have you ever been in the middle of circumstances and all of a sudden you ask, “What in the world is God doing?” We really want to trust,

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Emotional Wellness

If You Dare To Date

Pam and I have recorded many podcasts together, but there’s one I will always remember. It’s not so much the content of the podcast that will set up

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Emotional Wellness

When Conflict Is Constant

“I just don’t know what to do,” my friend said through tears as she showed me her text messages. She had messaged her ex-husband to tell him that

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Emotional Wellness

My Story of Desperation

Do you remember being in elementary school and dreaming up make-believe fairy tales to your own story? Who you would marry, what you would name your kids, even

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Emotional Wellness

After nearly 15 years in marriage and ministry, my life was instantly turned inside out and upside down the moment my husband revealed he was gay and no

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Emotional Wellness

Strengths & Weaknesses

This week I was sitting in a room of 7th and 8th grade girls when one of them said, “We impress people with our strengths, but we connect

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Building Character

E-X-P-E-C-T-A-T-I-O-N-S

I am a Sound of Music nerd. I admit I might have a problem because I love the movie so much. Ever since the age of seven when

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Building Character

Keep Your Eyes Up

I recently heard a speaker at a safety event we hosted say one phrase that really stuck with me: Keep. Your. Eyes. Up. When I heard this phrase,

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