CANDACE COFER

Holiday movies, we all have our favorite stories to rewatch again and again. But there's one story that doesn't get the Hollywood attention.

Reflecting on this last season - a season of patience - makes me realize the embrace/wrestle relationship I have with patience...

From homeless to community, from prisoner to freedom, from addiction to purpose - all because God relentlessly pursues the one He loves.

On a sunrise hike, I was hoping to see something else. But what I found gripped my heart and led me into a place of deep-felt gratitude.

The darkness of fear surrounded me. Earlier that day, my husband and I got the news that his cancer had returned.

Standing on one foot for the breaker and throwing nets out again - how do we find the strength to obey when it doesn't make sense?

Ever felt in over your head? Me, too. The awe and wonder I experience now is very different from what I felt when starting this adventure...

I LOVE surprises, and this year, God blew me away ...again and again and again! Here are the top 5 BIGGEST SURPRISES OF YEAR 1!

1 whole year, y'all! WHOA. Looking back on how it all started - with a quiet heart and a mind aligned to His will.

A time of excitement and exhaustion, bouquets of sharpened pencils and love/hate relationships with school supply aisles - oh and prayer.

A page turner. That’s how thirty feels. Not just a new page but a new chapter. Sharing a few things I've learned in the last chapter.

After eight long years of infertility, they decided to pursue adoption. A road that proved to be paved with tears but abundant joy.

Never have I ever said, "I have chills." But now, I get to eat my words. Evidence of God's faithfulness brings a lot more than chills.

Having fridge rights is a beautiful thing. It means we're in. We don't have to dress nice or say the right things. It means we belong.

What's with the Christmas trees, y'all? They're not cheap. They hurt. Not easily to put up or tear down. Why do we go to all the effort?

We prepare for Christmas by lighting our roofs, trees and homes with lots and lots of lights. What's the big deal with all the lights?

Home for the Holidays - how can four little words strike such an emotional chord within us? Why does this little phrase have so much power?

Grace Between the Closed and Opened Doors My back porch. It’s nothin’ fancy. A patio loveseat on a striped rug, currently accented with a...

How do we find joy and peace in the midst of our shaky circumstances and the events of this world? Maybe the answer is all around us.

What if we measure the day not by the productivity achieved or lack of failures involved, but by the strength, joy, and peace it held?