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A Quiet, Creeping Weight

There’s a quiet, creeping weight heavier than grief. It originates in isolation, hurt, and illness, and pulls you deeper and further away into darkness. Its goal is to leave you rejected and alone. It whispers to you about your failures, creating dismay. It lurks in the past and causes you to worry about your future. What if they knew? It does not only fester over something you’ve done. But…

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It is not easy to be an unwed pregnant teen. It is confusing how our culture both celebrates ‘life’ yet shuns the young, pregnant, unmarried mother. The stigma and shame of bringing a child into a world that claims to care — but often doesn't — can last a lifetime.

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…because you believed, it has been done Have you ever heard the story of when Jesus meets the Roman officer?

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The lowest place

Since December, I’ve kept a red sticker name tag from a mental hospital tucked in my wallet as a token and a promise to myself that I’d never forget the lowest point of my life.  I determined I’d remember the low point no matter what and remember what God had brought us through. A few months later, I was back at that same facility. I kept that name tag, too, as a reminder of God’s promises –…

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Here comes Halloween... '24 Reboot

Here comes Halloween...

This post is a re-boot of a post originally written ten years ago! We think it’s still good food for thought… This past week, my kids actually articulated to me that they ‘can’t wait for Halloween to be over so TV isn’t so spooky all the time!’ and that once ‘Halloween is over, everything becomes about celebrating harvest and Thanksgiving’. The more I thought about this, the more I realized how…

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All children deserve to be in a family that is safe and supportive. 

Poverty, mental illness, abuse, addiction, and desperation can cause parents not to be able to provide for their children. When this happens children can be placed into a system of care (called foster care) or be moved to live in an orphanage. In America and around the world thousands of children are in foster care or growing up in orphanages. They aren’t in safe and permanent families. When…

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Fall 2023 Update

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Spring & Summer Newsletter

Spring and Summer newsletter is here!

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The ache of Motherhood

Guest blogger, Jon Coords shares his perspectives on the ache of motherhood and how we can respond to trials. "It’s ok to feel the pain when our kids struggle or when they are hurt. We want so badly to protect them and make things right..."

As we approach Mother’s Day, I wanted to share a recent conversation I had with my friend, Pastor Jon Coords. It helped me to move through a tough situation and prompted me to share what I learned about the ache of motherhood. I have come to realize that motherhood is deeply connected to tears – the joys of motherhood and the sorrows – can render us desperate and despondent; Aching for our…

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The silver souvenir

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People will take advantage

An open letter from the Co-founder and President of Miriam’s Heart. For nearly fifteen years, we have served kids and families in desperate need of support. We have sat in hospital rooms, in tearful meetings, and diffused conversations between family members. As we have grown, we have refined how we screen and support the needs around us – but also freely serve and give of ourselves, our time,…

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Annual Update

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Summer Love

Can you believe we are halfway through 2022? Read news and updates from Miriam's Heart.

Summer 2022 Newsletter GIVE

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Spring Forward

Did you know that our brains are wired to work precisely the way that God intended them to? Let me explain. READ MORE

Spring 2022 Newsletter Did you know that our brains are wired to work precisely the way that God intended them to? Let me explain. We are commanded in scripture to ‘take our thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 2:5) and allow ourselves to be ‘transformed by the renewing of our minds’ in Romans 12. Believe it or not, this may hold the key to helping stressed parents to manage the expectations they…

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Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter

Our final 2021 newsletter is hot off the presses!

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Sounding the Alarm

We have been sounding this alarm for a while. Haunted by the echoes of countless stories that seemed to defy common sense, we were prompted to talk with leading child welfare journalist Naomi Shafer Riely for an interview to raise awareness. Citing concerns over the dramatic shifts in the number of children in foster care, halting licensing any new families, and swift case closures and…

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Summer Newsletter