Messy Story of the Week She didn’t stop believing in God. She just stopped talking to Him. Life filled up. Marriage stress. Kids. Work. Even church became something she attended more than something she engaged in. There was no rebellion, no dramatic moment, no slammed door. Just a quiet distanc...

Messy Story of the Week He gripped the steering wheel a little tighter. It had been a long day — the kind filled with small irritations: traffic, forgotten lunches, kids arguing in the back seat. His patience was wearing thin, and the only prayer he could manage was a weary, “Lord, can You just g...

  Messy Story of the Week It was one of those mornings.The cereal spilled, the printer jammed, the six-year-old couldn’t find her shoes, and Jan heard herself mutter, “Why does everything have to be so hard?” No one answered, but the question hung there in the air.A few minutes later, she heard t...

Messy Story of the Week Mark and Rachel had been married for ten years when the company Mark worked for downsized. Feeling pressure to provide, he accepted a job in another state without much discussion. The move seemed like the right choice, but it pulled them away from their church community an...