The Igniting Hope Blog

The Art of a Faster Comeback By Steve Backlund I don’t live in constant emotional euphoria. My goal is this to make my low places higher and not stay there as long. I want to bounce back quicker than I used to. It is called resilience. Resilience is the ability to withstand, adapt to, and recover quickly from adversity, trauma, or significant change. People of hope bounce back faster, not because they avoid difficulty, but because they interpret and respond to life different

Healing From Grief With Hope Guest Blog by Cyndi Barber We are blessed to have Cyndi share on the topic of grief. She has been a good friend of the Backlunds; they have ministered much together through the years. They highly recommend her ministry. Grief doesn’t always look like we expect it to. Sometimes it comes in loud, messy waves. Other times, it hides quietly beneath the surface, disguised as strength, numbness, or survival. When I was nine years old and my dad died by

Working Out Our Relational Beliefs By Steve Backlund Every area of our life that does not glisten with hope means we are believing a lie, and that is a stronghold of the devil in our lives. I remember reading this from Francis Frangipane over thirty years ago. It changed my life. Romans 15:13 confirms that statement. “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. . . “ Believing truth leads to hope (and to “all joy and peace”). We have beliefs in four