Whatever time in your family’s life feels like mud season to you, don’t let yourself get stuck! Turn your frustration and anxiety into arrow prayers, and remind your heart that there is no mess too big for God to clean up.
Genuine Character Leads to Influence: Does Your Life Make People Thirsty?
When Jesus encountered the Samarian woman at the well in Sychar, their conversation about water quickly became a conversation about thirst. Her life was leaving her thirsty, and even though she was the person holding the water jar, she realized that Jesus was drawing from a well from which she had never drawn. His words,… Continue reading Genuine Character Leads to Influence: Does Your Life Make People Thirsty?
The Beatitudes for Today: What Does It Really Mean to Be Blessed?
Every Day Is a New Opportunity to Trust
An Argument for the Importance of Silence in Your Noisy Life
The Gift of Grace that Grows from Our Challenges
Maybe I haven't been listening carefully, but I don't recall ever hearing someone say, "It was only after my huge success that I finally got my priorities straight. It was only after the big book deal and the first million in the bank that I cried out to God with sincerity." Isn't it true that… Continue reading The Gift of Grace that Grows from Our Challenges
Happy Easter! Now Go and Practice Resurrection
Happy Easter! We celebrate this holiday in the Western world with ham dinners and joyful anthems. The nod-to-Godders dust off their Sunday best for their annual hour in the pew, and children brave the barely-spring temperatures to go in search of eggs filled witih slightly frozen jelly beans and marshmellow peeps. If you travel in… Continue reading Happy Easter! Now Go and Practice Resurrection
Experience (and Embody!) the Miracle of God’s Presence
When I listen with just my ears, my heart can be ten thousand miles away. Just ask my grandchildren. They know the difference. “Bam, LOOK!” they demand until I turn my face toward the block structure, the moth in the jar, or the crayoned masterpiece. A woman on a mission, I need words tattooed on… Continue reading Experience (and Embody!) the Miracle of God’s Presence
For the Days When You Question God’s Wisdom
Are there chapters in your personal story that you wonder about? “Why this, Lord? What good thing could possibly come from bringing this across my path?” If so, you are in good company, for many spiritual giants have pondered the same question. Amy Carmichael, a pioneer missionary to India, did her pondering in poetic form… Continue reading For the Days When You Question God’s Wisdom
In What Way is Jesus The Way?
Human beings in 2024 are touchy about exclusivity. It's fine for you to have a strong opinion about a product, a candidate for office, or even a moral stance—up to a point. The push-back occurs if and when you have the audacity to imply that your truth, your way, or your lifestyle is the correct… Continue reading In What Way is Jesus The Way?