In or out?” Skye asked, peering up at her dad through sandy, brown hair and freckles. He glanced down at her jeans, one side tucked neatly into…

I am in a beauty pageant almost every day. In my head, I constantly subconsciously compare myself to what I see around me. Whether it’s the celebrities…

It was one of those moments. You know the ones—like when a first-time grandpa picks up his new grandson, looks him square in the eyes and sees…

I love to decorate my home. I like to hunt and buy and obsess and mull and massage and create spaces that are just freaking awesome places…

Monday was a pivotal day for the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby. I'm pretty sure every Hobby Lobby store across the nation let out a big, glitter-and-raffia-filled…

Compiling the stories in our summer issue was equal parts fun and awful. I'm not kidding. I did my usual 5-7 day begging binge where our gentle,…

Well, you know what? Let me just give you my cell number. I think I should. Yep, I’m praying and God is telling me I should just…

In a moment of extremely poor judgment a few weeks back, I got a spray tan. Naturally olive-skinned me, who browns easily in the summer sun, decided…

Unity (in the church or otherwise) is a powerful concept – simple and elementary, void of innuendo. In reality, it’s hard to grasp. Achieving it involves great…

Being a part of   Show Hope ... it’s part of my DNA. This is just who we are.” Emily Chapman (now Richards) experienced her parents’ overwhelming joy…