Category: Real Talk

Life is Hard

Posted by: admin in Editorials, Real Talk on October 13th

I’d like to share a vital, though somewhat unpleasant life lesson with you. I’ve no desire to be a doomsday prognosticator in sharing this life lesson. As a matter of fact, the sooner you orient yourself to this fact, the quicker you can get about the work of overcoming it and gaining some key insights…. View Article

Difficulties, growth, Paul Volan, Struggles, Trust God

Jobs and Jesus

Posted by: Editors Choice in Inspirational, Real Talk on October 20th

Ahhh the first job. The first paycheck. Graduating from piggybank to a legitimate savings account. The first time having a consistent tithing routine. What great memories. I know our readers here range from middle school to college students, so let’s talk mowing lawns and working the register in the university book store. Let’s talk babysitting… View Article

First job, Inspirational, Jobs, Preston Keller, Teen jobs, Work and faith

Self-Harm Comes to Church

Posted by: Editors Choice in Inspirational, Real Talk on June 18th

Self-harm, also known as self-injury, is something one in five young ladies and one in seven young men will engage in during their teenage and early adult years. Most of us have heard of the common self-harm practice of cutting yourself, but here are other ways people, especially young people, also inflict harm upon themselves:… View Article

Anxiety, Cutting, Depression, healing, K.C. Holiman, Self-harm, Teen suicide

Looking to Marry

Posted by: Editors Choice in Inspirational, Real Talk on June 9th

It was a rainy evening in late September when we first laid eyes on each other. We were both in St. Louis, Missouri attending the 2014 UPCI General Conference. After a powerful service one evening, we began to walk aimlessly with a group of mutual friends to a restaurant that was—to our dismay—already closed. As… View Article

Bulgrin, Choosing a mate, Christian and Kalyx, Dating, Marriage, Ohio, Tallmadge

The Way Back from Loss

Posted by: Editors Choice in Inspirational, Real Talk on May 20th

My senior year of high school started out with transition and change, just not the kind you have been planning for since your freshman year. I had just moved to a new church on my own without my mom but with her blessing. I was excited about all the new opportunities, friendships, and involvement a… View Article

Conyers, Denisha Patterson, Faith Tabernacle, GA, healing, Loss, Pain