Rare Faith Blog

By Rochelle Lloyd 988 square feet. That’s all we had. We had moved into our little home with two young boys and a strong assurance that God had led us there. It wasn’t meant to be forever—we figured five years, max. We knew our growing family would eventually outgrow the three-bedroom, one-bath...

By Rochelle Lloyd Vulnerability—the ability to be vulnerable. It shows up in many forms, and most of us have to reckon with it at some point. For some, it's a minor inconvenience that appears in specific moments. For others, it’s a paralyzing fear that shapes nearly every corner of their lives. ...

By Rochelle Lloyd For years, I knew I needed something more in my life—but I couldn’t figure out what that was. I was a busy mom with five kids, ages 9 to 19. Life felt chaotic—both inside and out. James Allen once said, “The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoni...

By Rochelle Lloyd Sometimes the things we hope for take a long time to come to fruition. Leslie Householder once compared it to having a baby: even if that baby is a little later than expected, we know it’s still coming—and we can hardly wait. Recently, a childhood dream of mine finally came tr...

By Rochelle Lloyd The law of relativity teaches that nothing is inherently good or bad—it all depends on the value we place on it. Let me illustrate with the story of our family’s move. For most of my young life, I lived in what you might call a medium-sized town in Wyoming. It was just big eno...