Amy Kessler

My heart broke last week as I watched one horrific event after another unfold on the news. It was not just the bombing of the Boston marathon but earthquakes and poisonous letters and shootings and universities being evacuated due to bomb threats that …

I always imagined 23 as being the perfect age. It was the age I planned to marry or at least become engaged. It was the age I pictured my career taking off and blossoming. In the very least, I planned on being fully independent, having my own place, an …

Do you remember what your life was like before you were saved? I grew up attending church, but I began questioning my faith in middle school. I was able to confidently accept Christ as my Savior when I was 13, but those years of searching for answers w …

I am so thankful for the men in my life. They encourage me to try new things out of my comfort zone. Seriously, I don’t know what I would do without them. Especially when I find myself in situations like the one I’m in this week. I was driving home fro …

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful (1 Corinthians 1:9). I was reminded last weekend of how faithful God is and how my worries are nothing compared to what He can do. God is faithful when I go where H …

Do you ever think about why you listen to the music that you do? I do. Earlier this week, I found myself repeating lyrics from Chris Tomlin’s song, “I Lift My Hands.” I love the lyrics that say, “You are faithful, God, forever.” Every time I think of t …

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (Psalm 139:23-24). What would happen if we started every day with this prayer? How different would ou …

Who or what defines you? It might be a significant other, a friendship, a particular talent or career. I realized several months ago how much I identify myself by my career choice. I felt the truth of it when I began telling people that journalism was …