Whether the spoken or written word, Karen thrives in moving an audience to experience laughter, tears, surprise, and deep reflection. She not only possesses an affection for words (just ask her family), but she also cherishes God’s Word. Karen is an award-winning writer who has published both devotions and articles with a mission to know Jesus more and make Him known. She contributes to several national sites while she works on her first non-fiction book. In the blogging world, she is referred to as “Girl Friday” where she shares a central message: you are never far from hope. And she considers her life as a pastor’s wife and women’s ministry leader a sacred calling. Karen and her husband Mike reside in East Tennessee and have two grown children and two grandchildren. The entire family is fond of the expression, “TGIF: Thank God it’s Friday.” They owe Monday an apology. Connect with her blog community, Hope is Among Us.
God is higher and stronger than anything I face. Yet, I still struggle with this truth—and it is the truth. Because when facing huge obstacles, hard circumstances, great loss, and even spiritual warfare, I sometimes
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How did Jesus love others? God calls us to imitate His Son, Jesus Christ. Christ set the example of how to love others in the most godly and practical ways. And we are called to love.
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At the end of every YouTube video, my husband and I say, Until next time, we’re Friday’s…Forever. Then we wave and say goodbye, and even put up Winston the pug’s front paw so he can
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We believe God’s a good Father who works all things for our good, until we don’t. Because those “until we don’t” reasons include things like tragedy, sickness, loss, unimaginable grief, fizzled dreams, and so on.
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Have you ever made a grown-up list? One of those wish-lists since you started adulting of what you really need in life—what matters most. What if we made a grown-up list for the new year?
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What gifts do you need most this Christmas? Maybe we really need some items, but want other things. When we think of Christmastime, our thoughts ponder what to buy the family member who has everything.
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Every year I look forward to November’s main holiday, Thanksgiving. But I really desire to live a life of Thanksgiving to God all year round. So I’m sharing some of my favorite thanksgiving scriptures. And I’m including
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Do you believe Christ is in you and for you and with you? These are promises in God’s Word. But if I’m honest, there are times that believing any one of them is not easy for
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If you were the only person on earth, Jesus would have come and died on the cross for you. Because your life is worth the cross. Still, it’s easy to believe things that are not
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Have you heard the saying, Hindsight is 20/20? Growing up, my vision was always great, until it wasn’t. Years ago, I lost distance vision from working at a computer for my job. An eye doctor
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