Rare Faith Blog

by Ann Ferguson

When I see a rosebud, I see potential. I love the anticipation of it blooming. It hasn’t opened yet, but it’s already beautiful—and it brings me joy.

When I see a rose that has just ...

By: Julie Reynolds (name has been changed)

Do you have someone in your life—someone you love deeply—who just refuses to accept the possibility of true joy? I do. And I know how heartbreaking that can...

By Kristi Steidley

I had a powerful “aha moment” while journaling about Lesson #11 from Mindset Mastery—a lesson about our awareness of God’s laws. One scripture I love is Doctrine and Covenants 130:...

by Ann Ferguson

I was afraid to write for years.

It started my senior year of high school with one devastating experience: a research paper. From that moment, a belief took root—my writing isn’t acc...

by Ann Ferguson

Leslie Householder's voice echoed in my mind: "When there is a choice, I choose to believe."

"What kind of doctor ordered your MRI for today?" the woman behind the registration desk ...

by Ann Ferguson

I remember the moment I realized I had stopped dreaming. My fiancé was fixing the keyboard tray on my desk—it kept falling off the tracks. We were about four months away from starting...

By Kristi Steidley

I was working at The Olive Garden as a certified trainer, and I absolutely loved training new employees. One of the best parts of the process? The food! We’d get to sit down togeth...

By Kristi Steidley

When I got divorced, all I had were the belongings I could fit in my car—my digital piano, my dog, and a few essentials. I drove across several states back to my parents’ house, un...

By Molly Simpson

Magnets are my thing.

My handle on Instagram is Molly Magneto. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by them. I used to spend hours in our backyard sandbox collecting iron fi...

By Molly Simpson

Rhythm is comforting, invigorating, moving, exciting, relaxing and it is everywhere! Roller coasters, rocking a baby, phases of the moon, music of all kinds are all examples of how o...

By Molly Simpson

Each situation carries an equal and opposite blessing. If we qualify for that blessing by obedience to the law upon which it is predicated, then by law, it must come.

Whenever my fa...

By Molly Simpson

Most people understand that when a pebble drops into a pond, it creates ripples that travel outward until they hit the shore. But if you watch closely, you’ll see something else happ...

By Molly Simpson

Christmas is easily a Christian child’s favorite time of year. Now, with five children of my own, the pressure to fulfill every Christmas wish was suffocating. My husband was unemplo...

By Molly Simpson

I live out in the country in North Georgia, on a little homestead filled with pigs, goats, sheep, dogs, chickens… and teenagers. One of our favorite places to go is the world’s large...

By Molly Simpson

Gardening and the Laws of Success

Who doesn’t love fresh tomatoes or sweet peas right off the vine? My husband and I have kept a vegetable garden every year for over 25 years. Wheth...

By Molly Simpson

Developing Consistency with Momentum

We’ve all been there—we want our business to take flight, our relationships to feel deep and meaningful, our home to sparkle with order and clea...

By Molly Simpson

Every goal we set has a gestation period.

I honestly can’t remember what prompted me to do it, but I’ll forever be grateful that I followed the nudge.

A few years ago, we were rent...