5 Keys to Develop Active Faith
Cultivate personal active faith for daily life by following these 5 keys for developing an active faith and relationship with Christ.
April Dawn White
Jesus, Coffee, and Naps
April Dawn White
- Mar 3
- 3 min
You Are Not Alone
There is one message I want others to know, and it is this: you’re not alone. You are not alone. This fundamental principle we wrote...
April Dawn White
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Hope When You Can’t Catch a Break
When you can’t catch a break, take a new grip with your tired hands onto hope. Many people begin the New Year with the mantra “New Year,...
April Dawn White
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
Sorrow Shadowed Joy
Joy is the serious business of heaven. -C. S. Lewis. Are you approaching the New Year with a limp in your spirit and sorrow shadowed joy?...
April Dawn White
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Managing Grief During the Holidays
Managing Grief During the Holidays is a conversation deserving attention. For many, Thanksgiving and Christmas are happy times but...
April Dawn White
- Sep 8, 2021
- 3 min
Alone With My Faith
In 2021, Harry Connick Jr. released a new album titled Alone with My Faith. I leaned in and listened intently as Connick shared the...
April Dawn White
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Long-Haul Adversity Requires Long Faith
Prior to the coronavirus, the term “long hauler” described the life of a tractor-trailer driver crisscrossing the US with their freight....
April Dawn White
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
Borrow Hope from God by Rev. April H. Cranford
In seasons of doubt, weariness, or fear we can borrow hope from God and our friends to help us persevere through hardship. I am not a...
April Dawn White
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
When Life Hands You Scraps Make a Quilt
When Life Hands You Scraps, Make a Quilt. My friend and I chuckled at this quote hand-painted on a wall in a Chesapeake, VA sewing shop....
April Dawn White
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
I’m April Dawn and This is My Month
Hi! I’m April Dawn and this is my month. There’s always been a bit of fun, joking, and curiosity behind my name. So today, on April...
April Dawn White
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
When Your Heart Needs a Friend
Where do you turn when your heart needs a friend? I’m not talking about the gym friend or the book club friend. Instead, a friend who’s...
April Dawn White
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
Pile Your Troubles on God’s Shoulders
Learn to Pile Your Troubles on God’s Shoulders. Burdens lurking at every turn mound quicker than our weary minds can process. These...
April Dawn White
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
Stop the Stampede of Negative Thoughts
How do we stop the stampede of negative thoughts? If left unrestrained, negative thoughts will gallop through our mind, like wild...
April Dawn White
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
New Year’s Queso Mishap
I had a New Year’s queso mishap. I think I lost a powder-dipped fingernail in the queso. I made a queso dip for the kid’s NYE gathering....
April Dawn White
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
Hope Has A Name, Immanuel, God With Us
Hope has a name, Immanuel, God with us. This year ambiguity, divisiveness, isolation, financial strain, and a worldwide pandemic have...
April Dawn White
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
12 Verses About The Lord is Our Keeper
“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.” (Psalm 121:5, NKJV) In the midst of my bout of Covid induced...
April Dawn White
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
God Does Not Change
“I the Lord do not change.” -God (Malachi 3:6) God Does Not Change During this time of quarantine, isolation, and abundant change, the...
April Dawn White
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
4 Lessons from the Sunflower Farm
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what the sunflowers do.” ~Helen Keller 4 Lessons from the Sunflower...
April Dawn White
- Aug 6, 2020
- 3 min
Jesus, Coffee, & Afternoon Naps
Our world is complicated, uncertain, and harsh. Would you agree? Too many demands morph our Instagram worthy, color-coded weekly...
April Dawn White
- Jan 6, 2020
- 2 min
Making Sense of Setbacks
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