ALL RESOURCES BY Kristin Huffman
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Grace in Place >
Life is just plain hard sometimes, and we desperately need infusions of God's love and grace.
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Work Like All Things Are Possible >
"Nothing is impossible with God," says the angel Gabriel to Mary.
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Build Relationships to Build the Team >
Last summer, I had the privilege of participating in a medical mission trip to Guatemala. The team was made up of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, cooks, translators, and a pastor—me. It was exciting to be part of what God was doing in this beautiful…
Let Hope Shine in Your Work >
The wise man built his house on the rock—on a solid foundation. When the storms came, the house didn't fall because of its strong foundation. The foolish man built his house on the sand, a foundation that fell apart when the storms came.
Leadership by Light >
Leadership by humility, honesty, faithful example, and encouragement brings hope and light and success.
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Packing Faucets >
Jesus asks us to use the gifts and power that He gives us. He is our source.
All the Way to the End >
In the book Halftime, Bob Buford identifies the point in life when a person begins to ask "What's next?" or "Is this all there is?" He offers a way to look at the second half of life that emphasizes significance rather than success. In Finishing…
Melt Your Heart >
"Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others."
Matthew 6:12, The Message
The head of a corporation was reviewing accounts, intending to collect some of the vast sums of money owed him by his employees. The…
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Daniel in the Gossip Den >
We all know how it feels to find out someone has spread lies about us.
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It’s Not About You >
My friend Helen doesn't run for office or look for ways to take charge. She would tell you she is not a leader and that she has neither talent nor desire to lead anyone. Helen would say she simply responds to God's call in whatever needs to be done.…
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Gone in a Flash >
A few years ago during the Olympics, a TV report updated the lives of gold medal winners from years past. Story after story, after the shining moments of national anthems and glory, the world's best athletes stepped down into lives of depression, frustration,…
The New Girl >
I am the new girl again: new to town, a fish out of water, standing at the doorway of a room of people who all evidently know each other. They are greeting friends, eating together, sitting in groups. I am back to feeling left out, lonely, and sad—the…
A Corner of the Stretcher >
In his wonderfully readable book Everybody's Normal 'Til You Get to Know Them, author John Ortberg uses the story of the Capernaum invalid to illustrate friendship.
"Jesus was the sensation in Capernaum," Ortberg writes. Amazed crowds spread…
Light and Rest: Acts 16:16-34 >
Paul and Silas waited in an inner cell shut off from light, too dark even to see. Unfairly accused, stripped, beaten, publicly humiliated, and thrown into jail, everything about the day was another blow against their ministry for the Risen Christ. …
Living in the Moment >
The March day was crisp and cool, the Thursday of Easter week, when the couple received the news. They were young and with a toddler and another baby on the way. The doctor's message followed a week of tests and worry and froze them in their tracks:…
How to Get from Here to There >
The night was dark and I was bone weary. I thought, "I can't do this." My husband was ill, and we were leaving the hospital for a 230-mile trip home. Our two children had been farmed out again as we had made the trip to MD Anderson Medical Center…
Faithful, Not Perfect >
A beautiful early morning greeted sleepy vacationers as they shuffled onto the hay wagon for a ride to the cowboy breakfast. Some 40 of us were stifling yawns and waiting to roll when a voice shouted, "Wait for us!" Across the way, a man emerged from…
The In-Between Time: How Well Do We Wait? >
Life makes us wait. We wait to get our braces off, to finish school, to learn what college accepted us. We wait to marry; for our children to be born, grow up, leave home . . . then we wait for them to call. We wait in line at the grocery store, post…
When Hope and Courage are Born >
She was a slip of a girl. Five years old on her last birthday; long, soft brown hair and startlingly clear blue eyes. She was full of energy and creative fun, but she could also curl up in any available lap to quietly suck her thumb. And she was tender,…
Making a Difference >
Sometimes we have the mistaken idea that to make a difference in the world, we must be important or famous or brilliant or successful. We must make some amazing discovery, cure a disease, or write a best-selling self-help book. But ask yourself—who…
Shattered and Recast >
This is what the Lord says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give y…
The Solid Rock >
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear…
How Do I Find Meaning? >
"We're #1!" "Try harder!" "Be all you can be!" "Go for the gusto!" "Be the best!"
So many expectations, so much pressure—so easy to lose sight of who we are and what we are living for. We place our ladder against a wall and climb madly to reach…
