By Guest Writer LuraKate Pijanowski

Sometimes the easiest way out is to run from our problems. Or so it seems… until the problems come running right back to us.

I know about that. (more…)

Abbie Says:

Okey dokey! After the highly sophisticated method of scribblings the entries on a pieces of paper, folding them up and then randomly picking one…
the winner is… (more…)

 

By RTF Staff Writer Kalli Simmerman

These biting words that cut so deep

They make me shudder and make me weep

They come from a mother with unloving glares

A younger brother who doesn’t care

They come from a father who fills you with lies

An older sister who mocks your cries (more…)

By RTF Staff Writer Abbie Miller

So, if we’re gonna be friends, there’s something y’all need to know about me. I’m a klutz. A royal, hardcore, Annie-bar-the-door kind of klutz.

During the course of my two-week globetrotting adventure, I managed to complete the following feats of fantastic clumsiness: (more…)

By Staff Writer Jennifer Grimes

I could feel my eyes widen and my face heat up.  My thumb lingered over the television remote’s “go back” button, but I didn’t press it. My eyes were glued to the screen. I was now a victim of the movie’s creators and my own curiosity. I was trapped. (more…)

RTF,

could you help me with what purity means in a relationship.

By Guest Writer LuraKate Pijanowski

I have a self-esteem issue. It’s not just an issue, though — it’s actually a huge problem in my life.

Recently I signed up to go on a mission trip to New York City, and I was worried about what others thought of me, and how I was going to get along with everyone on the trip. The first day of the trip I was so nervous about whether or not people liked me, that I had a panic attack while serving in a soup kitchen. (more…)

By Staff Writer Abbie Miller

Last year, I served for four weeks at a Christian summer camp for kids.

I’d never done anything like it, and I. was. SCARED.

I had no idea what to expect, no real idea why I’d even applied – except that I felt God wanted me to – and I didn’t know anyone there.
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