by Jean Wilund | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, When Life Is Hard
Six professors who looked like they hadn’t smiled since kindergarten sat at the long conference table like frozen statues, three on each side. The department chair pointed to my seat at the opposite end of the table. I wasn’t the one standing before the six...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, When Life Is Hard
We hate waiting, don’t we? We just want the moment to come! Impatience is why my mom and dad created a tradition in our family—the birthday bed present. Whenever we woke up on our birthday, we’d find a brightly wrapped birthday present at the end of our bed. The...
by Jean Wilund | Aug 25, 2023 | Revive Our Hearts, When Life Is Hard
Do you believe the truth that anything that makes us need God is a blessing? My family has suffered one serious challenge after another this year. Everything from financial trials, to sicknesses, to surgeries, to heart-wrenching death. But I believe that anything that...
by Jean Wilund | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog, Habakkuk, When Life Is Hard
Do you need more joy? I’m trying to imagine someone saying, “No, I need less joy.” Maybe you’re in a moment of life where your joy is so full, you wouldn’t know where to stuff more. If this describes you, I rejoice for you. If this...
by Jean Wilund | Jul 16, 2023 | Blog, Help! I Want to Study the Bible, Help! I Want to Teach the Bible, Popular Posts, When Life Is Hard
We interrupt your program to bring you this breaking news. Reports of catastrophic events are becoming a way of life. After one tragic mass shooting, my husband attended a church meeting for crisis preparedness training—how to get yourself out of a crisis...