Author: Sarah Whitfield

You are sitting with a quiet voice in your head that tells you that you are not enough. Not good enough. Not worthy enough. Not lovable enough. It whispers in the mirror, in the middle of the night, in the moments after someone has hurt you or after you have hurt yourself. And you wonder — does God even care about how I feel about myself? Does the Bible say anything about loving the person I am? Does faith give me permission to believe that I am worth something? I have spent years studying the intersection of biblical theology and…

Sunday arrives differently than every other day. There is a particular quality to Sunday morning — something unhurried about it, something that feels like permission. Permission to slow down, to breathe, to think about the week ahead without the panic of already being in the middle of it. But for most people, Sunday also carries something else — a quiet pressure to make the most of the last hours before Monday arrives and the pace of life snaps back into place. The right words on a Sunday morning can change all of that. They can shift the whole energy of…

You have been asked to open the Christmas party with prayer. The room is full. The decorations are up. The food is ready. And suddenly everything you know about faith and language and the meaning of Christmas seems to have left the building. You stare at the faces looking expectantly at you and you think: I should have prepared something. I have spent years studying devotional prayer and the way communities gather in faith across different settings — families, offices, churches, schools, and community groups. What I know is this: the best opening prayer for a Christmas party is not…

You just got the call. Or maybe someone you love did. The word “cancer” lands in a way that nothing else does. It takes the air out of the room. It makes everything feel fragile and uncertain. And in the middle of that fear and grief, you want to pray. You want to send something to your friend going through chemo. You want to write something in a card for your sister who just got diagnosed. But when you sit down to do it, the words refuse to come. Everything you type feels either too small or too formal. You…

It is the long weekend Canadians wait for all year. The BBQ comes out. The cottage gets opened. The fireworks go up. The first real warmth of summer finally arrives — and with it, that unmistakable feeling that life just got a little better. Victoria Day is not just a public holiday. For most Canadians, it is the moment the season shifts. It is the weekend that belongs to family, friends, the outdoors, and the kind of laughter that only happens when everyone finally has nowhere else to be. But here is where most people get stuck. They want to…

Ascension Day is one of those holy days that quietly passes for many people. No big commercial celebration, no public holiday in most countries, no stores putting up decorations. And yet for those who know what it means, it carries one of the most profound truths in the Christian faith. Jesus did not just rise from the dead. He ascended. He is seated at the right hand of the Father. He reigns. And that truth changes everything about how we live, how we pray, and how we face whatever this world throws at us. If you are here, you already…

There is something about May that feels like permission. Permission to finally exhale after a long winter. Permission to open the windows, step outside, and believe that good things are coming. The flowers are blooming. The days are longer. The world has a little more color in it. And every year when the calendar flips to May 1, people reach for words that match that feeling — something warm, something hopeful, something that sounds like the month actually feels. That is exactly the problem most people run into. You want to post something, send something, or caption something for May…

Light is one of the most extraordinary things in the universe. It travels 186,000 miles per second. It makes photosynthesis possible. It gave us the laser, the X-ray, fiber optic internet, and solar energy. Without it, there is no life, no vision, no science, no art. And yet most people move through their days without ever stopping to think about what light actually does for them. International Day of Light on May 16 exists to change that — to make people stop, look up, and appreciate the thing that makes everything else visible. But here is where most people get…

There is a kind of courage that does not look like bravery from the outside. It does not carry a weapon or wear a uniform that gets photographed. It wears scrubs and comfortable shoes. It shows up at 6 AM after a 12-hour shift the day before. It holds a hand in the dark when families cannot be in the room. It stays calm when everything around it is not. It is the courage of nurses — and most of the world underestimates it until the moment they desperately need it. If you are here because you want to find…

Every year, millions of people sit down to write something for their mother — and freeze. You know exactly how you feel. You know what she has done, what she has sacrificed, what she has carried quietly so that you could carry less. But when you pick up a pen or open a text box, the words come out flat. Too simple. Too generic. Nothing that actually sounds like what you feel. “Happy Mother’s Day, I love you” is true — but it is not enough. And you know it. That gap between what you feel for your mother and…