Military wives have been not only supporting their husbands, but also supporting the mission of the military since Revolutionary War times until today. Wives make up 92 percent of today’s military spouses (dol.gov). They are a tough group that makes the best of every situation, and they bring a piece of home with them wherever the military sends their family. The military asks a lot of military members and their families with frequent moves, deployments, and spouses are the glue that holds down the home front. This paper will highlight contributions of military wives since the inception of the United States, but most information gathered came from officer’s wives’ perspectives because there are limited sources from the enlisted wives’ viewpoint.

As a Christian, my basic assumptions are that there is a divine creator, God, who sent his son, Jesus, who became a man who died and rose again, so that mankind could be restored into right relationship with God, the Father. I believe mankind is fallible and yet created by God to be good, and inside of us is a compass that is a guide to right and wrong. I am not sure I believe there is an absolute truth because I question how we can know what that is, as my faith has evolved over the years from believing whatever I was taught about the Bible to learning how to study and understand the Bible for myself (Holland et al.).

Standing at the bottom of the hiking trail at Red Rocks Canyon Open Space with my husband, I stare up at what seems like an endless trail that leads upward towards the mountain, it feels daunting. The trail is taunting me as I ready myself for this steady upward movement that I know will challenge my resolve to continue and will make me question why I am doing this, and can I make it to the top?

The devastating effects of migraine touch every aspect of one’s lives, and researchers are on a quest to find out why migraine attacks happen and what can be done to make the sufferers lives more livable. It seems everyone knows someone who has migraine attacks, or they suffer from it themselves, and it increases urgency for the medical field to advance knowledge and treatments to help those who suffer.

My eyes flutter awake. I hear the birds chirping outside my window, and sunlight creeping through the blinds. I had tossed and turned most of the night. I went to bed thinking I would have an answer in the morning, but here it is already 9:30 a.m., and I am no closer to knowing what to do than I was when I fell asleep.

The book of Genesis from the Bible and The Navajo Creation story called “The Emergence” are two stories from different perspectives about the creation of mankind and the earth. The book of Genesis is a story written originally in the Hebrew language as the origins of the Jewish people but was then translated to Greek and then Latin before being translated to English by Christian translators.

Evolving Faith also hosts a community on Mighty Networks that provides a different space for folks to connect and continue their conversations with fellow wanderers, wonderers, and spiritual refugees. Evolving Faith is an open and affirming, progressive community and it has designated spaces for those who identify as LGBTQ+, BIPOC, neurodivergent, and disabled. It is a place to ask questions and to learn different ways of thinking than the traditional evangelical spaces offer.