When Hope Seems Lost

When Hope Seems Lost

A husk of its former self, my heart remained tucked on the corner of a forgotten shelf. Fear stalked my steps and doubt chased close behind. Where was God? Didn’t He hear my desperate cries for help when hope seemed lost?  God’s answers did not arrive in tidy boxes...
When Hope Needs to be Revived

When Hope Needs to be Revived

While many anticipate the freshness of a blank calendar, others struggle with depression, anxiety, and fear as the unknown of 2023 looms. In a world immersed in wars, mental health issues, hurt, and general confusion, many need hope to be revived. Do you? When Hope...
Three Strategies to Welcome the New Year

Three Strategies to Welcome the New Year

With a flip of the page, one year ends, and another roars into existence. Three-hundred sixty-five days of hopes, dreams, and challenges lay ahead. Already, blank spaces begin to fill with appointments. Some of us deliberate over annual goals or resolutions while...
Three Keys to Revival

Three Keys to Revival

I called it Lazarus. The lone plant in my windowless office, its green leaves drooped more with each passing day. Plucking the sad greenery from my bookshelf, I located an unused cubicle flooded with sunlight. Exposed to the element it needed to flourish, Lazarus...
How to Have a Stress Free Christmas

How to Have a Stress Free Christmas

Snowflakes flutter to the ground like miniature feathers from the winter sky. Even the rush of nearby traffic is muffled, and the Colorado landscape appears to rest. Gnarled cottonwoods curve along the creek bed, branches lifted heavenward in silent adoration of their...