Brandi Hawthorne

God gives us healing balms of wisdom when we experience grief and unexplained sadness. Here are 10 ways to cope with a grieving heart.

Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, you fail? Think others could do it better? Here are a few truths to combat the feelings of failure - God's way.

I went down the body slide at Carowinds amusement park. No inflatable tube to sit in. Just my body and the slide. And, my body didn’t slide onto the slide. There was a platform to stand on. The door closed. Someone...

After a tumultuous day, my mom spoke words of wisdom to me. She said, “When you argue with flesh and blood, you’ll lose every time.”   For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against...

My daily Bible reading has me in 1 Samuel where I’m learning about the beginning of Saul’s kingship. I have to admit, I’m tripping a little bit because although these stories are familiar, I never realized that this was...

Chosen Above Fear The late Dr. Myles Munroe said, "The graveyard is filled with untapped potential." I believe it’s due to fear. In Jordan Jones’ HuffPost article, 9 Reasons You Won’t Pursue Your Dreams, 8 of the 9 reasons are rooted in fear....

Do you live an "If only, then…" life? If only I had a career I loved, then I would give 1000% at work. If only I wasn’t so stressed, then I would be more kind. If only I had more money, then...

Your Life Speaks Did you know that your life communicates with others all the time? If I were to watch a silent, black and white video of you walking through your day, what would your life say to me? When...

I flipped on my television and saw a kid with a cantaloupe-sized tumor on the side of his neck, which could eventually lead to a slow suffocation. The next scene showed an adult with cataracts on both eyes who...

Last Sunday, Pastor Ron Carpenter asked the congregation, “Who would you be if ______ had never happened?" During LifeGroup, we all went around and shared that thing that had threatened our future and shamed us. As we shared our stories, we...