The trials of life sometimes seem to crash down on us like an avalanche. Emotional, financial, physical and spiritual problems take their toll.There’s only one way out, one door to go through. Cry out for the Lord. It was that way for Sandi Hixson. Her story is offered to honor all those who allow the light of God’s Word to guide their paths in difficult times.

He was once a Wall Street broker and she was once a professional photographer. Now this husband-and-wife team serves as missionaries in distant southern Africa. Rooted in the Word, they are helping to change lives in a rural village.

Sara Weaver’s life so far has three primary chapters. The first one covers events 20 years ago this August when her mother and brother were killed by federal officers in a shootout still remembered simply as Ruby Ridge. The second is filled with years of anger and confusion. But the chapter of recent years is a remarkable tale of grace, forgiveness and redemption. The Sara of this chapter is the one you will want to know.

Nicole Weider was a 5-year-old when she started modeling. It was a lot of fun and she began to dream of becoming a famous international model. It would be years before she would awaken to the fashion industry’s dark side, years before she would find her true purpose through her relationship with the Lord.

As a Christian woman, artist and mother, Meg Gleason faces a daily balancing act. One moment she's using a nearly century-old letterpress to imprint her designs and the next she is feeding the kids or hoping for a moment with her husband.

Photographer Robert Johnson travels the world snapping shots of God at work through missionaries. Along the way, God is teaching this journalist as much about his own life as those of others.

Over the last few years, many churches and Christian groups have helped in the fight against human trafficking and prostitution, particularly involving children. Life:Beautiful honors all who are taking up the cause, but none more than StreetlightUSA in Phoenix, where a shelter devoted to youth victims has opened.

Inspired by God’s natural world and a desire to capture tender moments, a young Pennsylvania artist uses her talent to illustrate books for her parents’ publishing ministry … timeless stories that teach integrity, honesty, respect, obedience and other Christian character traits.

This is the season of resurrection, a time of life beginning anew. For a Florida couple, these are not mere words. They are a road map that led them out of the Valley of the Shadow and into his light.

It wasn't until her first child was born that Tsinia Borgman began to ask God why her own mother had died so young.