I wish I had been able to read this book back when I was single. Then (and now!) I devoured love stories left and right. There is just something about a love story, isn't there? I can't get enough. If you're also a love story aficionado, allow me to introduce you to one of the best love stories ... read more
Rachelle Rea Cobb
Rachelle is a freelance editor and an author.
How to Foster Effective Communication in Marriage
When my husband and I bought a new-to-us car right after Valentine's Day last year, we immediately fell in love with the sleek white minivan. There was only one problem: we couldn't find the CD player.If it hadn't come with a CD player, that wouldn't have posed a hardship (okay, maybe a little). ... read more
12+ Historical Novels to Fascinate Every Age
As a historical fiction author, I'm often asked what gems of the genre I recommend. I love being asked for book suggestions, but I always follow up with a few questions first because there are so many facets (and sub-genres) to historical fiction! Here are my questions and answers, and most ... read more
How to Keep Long-Distance Friendships Strong
On a sunny Friday in October, I sat in my friend's hallway and helped her pack up her husband's office. We chatted as we have on countless other Fridays about love and marriage, children and parenting, faith and loss.Neither of us wanted to dwell overlong on the fact that this would be our last ... read more
I will show up to Heaven like this.
She thought she'd get to keep her.Katie Davis, a missionary in Uganda and founder of Amazima Ministries, has adopted 13 daughters, but once she had 14.At 17 years old, Katie moved from a suburb in Nashville, Tennessee all the way to Uganda to teach kindergarten. Why move halfway across the ... read more
how to look at loss when fear strangles
At noon on a hot July Friday, my husband, Devin, and I both had routine appointments scheduled with our dentist. After my appointment was concluded, I stood up from the dental chair with cleaned teeth and a clean bill of health. The dental assistant led me to the chair where Devin was still ... read more
If You Want to Learn How to Be Gentle and Quiet
When my professor told me I wasn't participating in discussions enough to earn an A in his literature course that semester, I had an idea. Confessing that my heart stopped beating if I so much as thought about speaking up in class, I told him that if he would just call on me and save me from having ... read more
How to Pray for Other People
My husband and I trooped to three antique stores in one weekend looking for one thing: the perfect prayer bench to put in our bedroom closet. I confess, when it seemed as if we would never find the perfect narrow bench to fit in our small closet, I mentally began to plan what else I could do with ... read more
How to Speak Life and Truth into the Hard Moments
I had spent too long in front of the mirror that Sunday morning. After swapping with a friend a bag of clothes we no longer wanted, I had a new-to-me lacy top to wear to church. That Sunday morning also happened to be one of those first indecisive spring days: the morning began with a chill in the ... read more
Making Time to Read Again
Someone once asked me if I thought I read too much.Indignant but compassionate, I replied, "I don't think that's possible. Do you think you read too little?"We laughed.And I still laugh about that short interaction, though it took place during my teen years when I could (and did!) devour ... read more
