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When Money's Tight

Faith when facing off with unemployment and financial stress.

I sat in shocked disbelief, trying to process the harsh truth behind the much gentler words my boss had just delivered. I'd been laid off.

With the downturn in the economy, I'd seen both friends and family members lose their jobs. And each time I'd prayed—for ...

On the Homefront

Ways to help the families left behind by deployed military members.

When Ramona Olden first learned her daughter Nicole, 21, was to be deployed by the Air Force to an undisclosed location several months ago, she couldn't sleep at night. Staff Sergeant Olden, a single parent, would have to leave behind her six-month-old daughter, Hannah. The day Nicole ...

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Alone with God

As busy women, our lives can easily become overwhelming and over-programmed. From work to parenting to marriage to housekeeping to church to volunteering, we can get used to having our lives jam-packed with responsibilities and commitments. Though we long for time alone with God, when we actually get that time, we can flounder. What to do? How do we fill an hour with God? Or two? Or maybe even three?

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Learning from Ameenah

I realized that my very elementary understanding of Islam wasn't nearly enough.

I was eating granola in my kitchen when I heard about the first plane. I was driving north on highway 287 in Colorado when I heard about the second. I was pulling into a parking spot when I heard the loud explosion while an NPR reporter was at the Pentagon. I was in the break room with stunned colleagues as we watched the towers fall.