Stories about faith, fitness, and the healing of broken hearts, minds, and bodies 

I wrote this prayer nine months after my unexpected c-section. Residual pain from pregnancy and surgery made exercise more challenging...

I don't know why I was surprised to have had an eight-pound, six-ounce baby considering my husband, Charlie, is 6'5".   An eight-pound,...

My baby had been in an optimal position most of my pregnancy. I wasn’t worried because I’d prayed, “Baby, I command you head down, face...

Most people don’t know much about midwifery. I didn’t.   From what I’d seen, home birth could be weird. I didn’t want some New Age...

I was fully dilated. My midwives could see my baby. But after 24 hours of labor, Charlie and I were speeding to the hospital at 3:00 am....

Nothing has ever knocked me on my butt harder than pregnancy.   I love physical challenges, but there’s a big difference between doing...

For years, I prayed on and off about having children, never receiving total clarity. I believed procreation was God’s will, but it was...

I hesitated to write this story because I know a family who recently lost their 10-year-old to cancer. I hate it for them. I hate it for...

He was an older dad, a 70-year-old gentleman, who served as the head of his department at the state university. He drove a Beemer and...

Lord, I don't feel like doing this today, but by my authority in Jesus, I cast away my emotions of (say whatever emotions hold you...

Preacher, the dog-cat, will do anything for a treat. At least, I thought he would. Preach is a wild man at heart. He would take full...

She came to work out. Instead, she spent the hour telling me about what her daughter was going through at school. I know how to guide a...

I know what it feels like to step in front of a plyometric box, recall a misstep, and feel my shin throb. To resist performing the same...

Pre-season training for college basketball was one of my toughest challenges ever. My team and I had spent months running and lifting,...

Use this prayer in between workouts, when you’re sore, while you’re soaking in an Epsom salt bath, on walks, during stretches, as you lie...

He could barely walk. With his hind legs tucked under his torso, he was literally and figuratively crossing a bridge in an area where...

Today, I took Itty to the vet for a re-check. A few days earlier, I had called to cancel another appointment. Except someone made a...

I had just watched Itty-Bitty shimmy down a tree and sprint across the backyard. By the next morning, she was blind. Itty mostly hangs...

To stop starting then stopping, to overcome a funk, or to deepen your workouts, delve into these four fuels. 1. Nutrition. Typically, we...

I had just spoken to 100 students and left thirty of them in tears. As I sat in my car reflecting on their faces, shielded by their...