Bible Reading:“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:1-2, ESV)

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 (NIV)

“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

On a recent stop at a bookstore, John Temple, president and CEO of the iconic Christian inspiration brand Guideposts, stopped to snap a photo of himself with a copy of Walking in Grace, a daily devotional that will mark its 50th edition next year

Chico Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Natalie Stromberg (natalierstromberg.com), with a Master’s degree in Psychology from Chico State, knows the reality of trauma. During a missions trip to Thailand for her church, she spoke with human trafficking survivors. “I encountered a familiar brokenness in their stories,” she writes, “one that mirrored my own wounds from…

I was in that in-between place: caught between who I once was and this new version of myself that felt obscure, insecure, and lost. My sparkle had fizzled out, and I was swirling in an unexpected identity crisis. Who was I now?