God Is Near, Trustworthy, and Good
Colleen C. Mitchell
August 12, 2025
This is what Jesus desires to invite us into: a contentment that is not dependent on who we are but on who he is.
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Colleen C. Mitchell
Colleen Mitchell is a writer, speaker, social worker, and mother. Her books include Who Does He Say You Are: Women Transformed by Christ in the Gospels and When We Were Eve: Uncovering the Woman God Created You to Be.
Martha and Mary: Jesus Loves Them Both
Colleen C. Mitchell
June 24, 2025
Martha and Mary’s handling of Jesus’ visit has much to teach us in our own time.
Hail Mary, Full of Grace
Colleen C. Mitchell
April 24, 2023
Mary is the ultimate illumination of a woman filled with Christ’s presence, of a woman lit up from within by grace.
Hope in God's Goodness
Colleen C. Mitchell
May 31, 2022
Luke’s Gospel tells us Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, was barren for many years. I can picture Elizabeth averting her gaze and hastening past the crowd outside the gates as the years got long and the hope faded. I can understand how she might have grown weary of the journey—tired of the eyes that watched her and wondered what she could possibly be hoping for, tired of the whispered questions and growing assumptions. I know that tiredness. But I know too that, in that silence, there is a hope that even if God has not answered us the way we wished, he is still good.
Finding God in My Depression
Colleen C. Mitchell
February 9, 2022
Depression has taught me that perhaps the greatest act of trust is to know that how God heals us is way less important than how he loves us.
The Importance of Self-Care
Colleen C. Mitchell
June 9, 2021
When we don’t turn away from our own suffering and declare it unworthy of compassion, consolation, and love, we learn to recognize pain rather than run from it.
A Shared Delight in Salvation
Colleen C. Mitchell
May 31, 2021
Elizabeth and her babe recognize God present in Mary’s womb and proclaim with wonder and joy