by Shannon Popkin | Dec 1, 2021 | Control Girl, Fear, Jesus, Podcast, Suffering
Are you living through the terror of a storm? Is there a situation that feels completely out of your control? And do you wonder if maybe God is asleep? Have you even wondered, “Does God care about me?” Sarah Walton joins me to talk about the story in Mark...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 23, 2018 | Fear, Parenting
I hope you’ll enjoy this post, which first appeared on TrueWoman.com, a ministry of Revive Our Hearts. There once lived three women, whom the Maker chose to bless with motherhood. He entrusted the first mother with five children, the second mother with two...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 23, 2016 | Fear, Uncategorized
I’m writing at the True Woman Blog today. During parent-teacher conferences, I sat across the table from a very frustrated, concerned grandmother. Back then, I was sitting on the teacher’s side of the table, and I’m sure I looked rather young and...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 22, 2016 | Anxiety, Fear, Rescue, Uncategorized
By: Shannon Popkin, Published on the True Woman Blog. It was my senior year of college. I was sharing an apartment with three other student teachers, and since we were in Virginia and there was snow on the ground, school was closed. My roommates were all huddled...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 1, 2015 | Fear, Goals, Holidays, Humility, Jesus, Serving
I laughed as I read my friend Jocelyn’s Christmas letter. She described how her 8-year-old, Elsa, has solidified her life plans–where she’ll attend college, her field of study, and her career objectives after graduation. Life is quite tidy for Elsa....
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 30, 2014 | Faith, Fear, God
When we lived in Lake Orion, our house backed up to a wooded state park. So Ken would get up very early and go running on the trails in the woods. To me, this seemed very scary. From our back deck, those woods seemed so thick and ominous. And on winter mornings, it...