https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog Thoughts on faith, prayer, and the seasons that shape us. Blog posts, book updates, and encouragement for Christian women. en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://effiegreenbloom.com/images/og-share.png https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-when-church-hurts-more-than-the-world-does https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-when-church-hurts-more-than-the-world-does Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The world will hurt you and you expect it. But when the hurt comes from inside the church — from the people who pray with you, worship beside you, and call you sister — it reaches a place that ordinary pain does not touch. It shakes something deeper than your feelings. It shakes your faith. If you have been wounded by the very people who were supposed to love you in the name of Jesus, I need you to hear this: you are not crazy. You are not too sensitive. And you are not the only one. Church Hurt & Betrayal effie@effiegreenbloom.com (Effie Greenbloom) https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-when-you-believe-in-god-but-cant-feel-him https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-when-you-believe-in-god-but-cant-feel-him Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 You have not stopped believing. Let me say that first. You are not here because you walked away from God. You are here because you are still standing in the middle of your faith and you cannot feel Him. The prayers leave your mouth and dissolve into the air. You might be in a season of spiritual dryness — what some people call the dark night of the soul — where belief remains but feeling disappears. Faith & Doubt effie@effiegreenbloom.com (Effie Greenbloom) https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-i-prayed-and-nothing-happened https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-i-prayed-and-nothing-happened Sun, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 You prayed. You meant every word. You believed it as the words left your mouth. And then — nothing. No peace settling in. No shift in the situation. No sign that heaven heard you at all. If you have ever knelt in that kind of silence and wondered what to do when God doesn’t answer your prayers, I want you to hear me: you are not doing it wrong. You are not being punished. And you are not alone in this. Unanswered Prayer effie@effiegreenbloom.com (Effie Greenbloom) https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-why-i-wrote https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog-why-i-wrote Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 I never planned to write a prayer book. I planned to survive. To keep showing up for my family, my faith, and the life I was building — even when all three were testing me at the same time. But somewhere in the middle of a season that would not end, I started writing prayers. Not for anyone else. For me. Because I needed words and I didn’t have any. Behind the Books effie@effiegreenbloom.com (Effie Greenbloom) https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog#release https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog#release Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The first book in The What I Carry Collection releases April 14, 2026. Prayers for endurance in the quiet places of life. Available for pre-order now on Amazon. Announcement effie@effiegreenbloom.com (Effie Greenbloom) https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog#welcome https://effiegreenbloom.com/blog#welcome Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 This site is brand new — and so is this chapter. Thank you for being here at the beginning. More books are on the way. Announcement effie@effiegreenbloom.com (Effie Greenbloom)