by Mary Speidel | Nov 1, 2019 | Life Stories, News, Stonecroft Bible Studies
(From left): Ann Pike, Stonecroft Bible Studies (SBS) guide, and Tita Godoy share a moment after a recent SBS in Tita’s home. “Ann has been a great example to me of what a real Christian is,” Tita says. Tita Godoy Tita Godoy pushed her shopping cart down aisle...
by Mary Speidel | Sep 30, 2019 | News, Printed Newsletters
Every Monday evening about 15 women sip hot tea from vintage teacups and indulge in desserts served on fancy platters. But the venue of this downtown Anchorage, Alaska, teatime isn’t a cozy tearoom or a five-star hotel. It’s a shelter for homeless women. The women are...
by Mary Speidel | Sep 1, 2019 | News, Prayer
“Keep me Jesus as the apple of Thine eye. … Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” Janice Gravely sang this song – based on Psalm 17:8 – at the top of her voice inside the cockpit of a single-engine plane as her husband, Edmund, slumped unconscious in the pilot’s...
by Mary Speidel | Jul 1, 2019 | Encouragement
Kelley Lane held up a large cardboard sign marked with a message in bold, black letters: “Frazzled Mom.” She then flipped the sign around to reveal a much different point: “Free and Strong.” Standing before a crowd of about 150 women, Kelley shared the story of...
by Mary Speidel | Jun 1, 2019 | Encouragement, News
Michelle Cartwright maneuvered a rental van along a narrow side street lined with brightly colored adobe houses. None of them had numbers on them. No one was in sight. Nothing remotely resembled the place Michelle and her passengers hoped to find in Old Town, Puerto...
