The Variant of Fear: We Are Our Children’s Protectors Article by Andrea Maher I was on vacation swimming in the pool when I observed a young boy around 8-years-old.  What caught my eye — was first my ear!  What I mean is that I hadn’t noticed him, until I honed in on his father’s firm

Women Arise: Acquainted with Grief Article by Andrea Maher When I was an adolescent growing up in our tight-knit neighborhood of Philadelphia, I remember three families that experienced the death of a child.  One classmate was hit by a car, (which had me looking both ways a zillion times before crossing our busy street).  The

Women Arise: Broken Friendships Article by Andrea Maher I’ve never had trouble making friends. In fact, in my high school yearbook, I was voted “friendliest female.” Not a brag… (ugh, high school, come on?), however I am just confirming how much I always enjoyed making friends and especially with people from a variety of identity

Women Arise: Trusting God’s Plan in the Pain Article by Andrea Maher I used to think to pray by faith meant I got to go to God, lay out my heart’s requests, and then head to standby, trusting for Him to bring my exact recommendations to full fruition. How foolish! I look back on verses

Women Arise: Redemptive, Not Reactive Article by Andrea Maher I have a current struggle:  I don’t want to become a porcupine—that person that brushes, scrapes, bristles and bruises everyone in their path.  It is obvious that the  changing times we are living in has heightened everyone’s senses and is causing abnormally rash responses that are

Children: On Loan From the Lord Article by Andrea Maher Can you imagine holding your little toddler’s hand, with his precious fingers confidently entwined in your own, and traveling to a place where you prepare to give him up to a total stranger – even if a reputable one?  Can you feel the heaviness of