Rare Faith Blog

By Barb Bergman At the end of 2017, my husband and I had just become empty nesters after spending nearly a decade in Kennewick, Washington. Scott was offered a new position at a rural hospital in Idaho, so we downsized, packed up our lives, and moved to Soda Springs. We landed in a tiny, very 80...

By Barb Bergman Erica started at BYU in Provo in Fall 2017. After her freshman year, she went on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Philippines. During that freshman year, the idea of participating in the BYU Jerusalem semester abroad program began to take root ...

By Barb Bergman It was the last week of September, and our family had been planning for over a month—a four-day work trip to my in-laws’ cabin in Star Valley, Wyoming, nestled near the mountains outside Afton. The mission: stain/seal/restore the 2½-story cabin siding, clear out the half-acre ras...

By Barb Bergman My daughter Erica graduated from BYU in 2023 and landed a job at a charter school in her field of Communication Disorders. As a speech pathologist, she worked one-on-one with young kids, helping them improve their speech. Though she loves children—her original major was elementar...

By Barb Bergman In 2008, our family made a big move—from Memphis, Tennessee to Hermiston, Oregon. It was early July, and my husband, Scott (a CRNA—nurse anesthetist), had just accepted a job at a small rural hospital. We’d been feeling ready to leave Tennessee and find somewhere in the West to s...