Category: Cultivate

Cultivate, Faith, Family, Guest Posts, Marriage, Overcoming Obstacles

How To Cultivate Healthy Communication with Your Spouse – 5 Messages Your Husband Needs to Hear

Many marriage conflicts arise from poor communication. We make assumptions, don’t speak precisely, or respond defensively based on preconceived notions and past experiences, putting up metaphorical shields that prevent connection. We shut down rather than listen, cutting off communication without either person feeling heard or understood. In today’s post, guest author Kate Bartley shares five key messages that every husband (and wife) needs to hear. These messages are essential to cultivating healthy communication with your spouse that will open the door to deeper connection and a stronger marriage.

Cultivate, Faith, Guest Posts

Praying Through a Pandemic

How do we pray when we have no words or don’t know where to begin? What do we say when we long for God’s peace, but all we feel is anxiety and fear? We can start by praying the way Jesus taught His disciples two thousand years ago. In today’s post, writer and teacher, Rachel Ryan, shares the prayer she’s clinging to through the Coronavirus pandemic and how that prayer has brought comfort and hope in the midst of uncertainty and hardship.

Cultivate, Faith, Focused Living

Practicing the Spiritual Disciplines

Today’s post outlines eight spiritual disciplines as described in Richard Foster’s book, The Celebration of Discipline. Each of these practices has been life-changing for me in cultivating the fruit of the Spirit and experiencing Christ’s love, peace, and joy to greater depths. I pray that they will help you in your spiritual walk as you move toward health and wholeness.

Cultivate, Family, Gifts of Pain, Guest Posts, Mental Health, Overcoming Obstacles, Pain & Suffering

Moving Beyond Grief

When we faced with lingering, unanswered questions of ‘what if’ and ‘what now?’, we can draw closer to God who walks with us in our pain and allows something new to be born from it. In today’s post, guest writer Heather Gillis shares how God helped her move beyond grief after she lost her son to a life-threatening illness. Her story is powerful and encouraging!

Cultivate, Faith, Focused Living, Guest Posts, Mental Health, Overcoming Obstacles, Self Care

The Art of Daily Rest: My Coping Coffee

Just like we fuel ourselves physically we need to recharge ourselves emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We can exercise regularly, attend therapy, and eat the cleanest diet, but if we are not also practicing rest and relaxation it’s all in vain. In today’s post, guest author Danielle Pete shares healthy coping strategies to combat stress so we can be prepared for battle when faced with blindsiding hardships.

Cultivate, Faith, Focused Living, Guest Posts, Mental Health, Overcoming Obstacles, Self Care

Two Truths and a Lie About Anxiety

Have you ever felt like you’re drowning in a sea of worry and Jesus is sleeping?  If so, you’re not alone—Jesus’ closest friends experienced the same thing. In today’s post, Jen shares common misconceptions about anxiety and two truths that are helping her shift her focus from the waves of life to the One who controls them and walks with us through the storms.