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How to Connect With God Through Stillness and Prayer
Rushed lives. Demanding schedules. Pressure to perform. In a world consumed by the-next-best-thing, we berate ourselves when we fail to cross off the items on our daily checklist. But what if there is a better way? A way to connect with God through stillness and...
Three Important Ways to Love: Lessons from the Shunamite Woman
Love and faithfulness irrevocably intertwine like threads of a hand-woven tapestry. One linked to the other--blending together in the way selfless love does. That was the way God intended from the beginning. Man and woman, designed to love each other, suffered the day...
February 2022 Book Recommendations
God Is My Hiding Place: 40 Devotions for Refuge and Strength A body of short writings penned by author and speaker, Corrie Ten Boom, God is My Hiding Place is a devotional for every Christian's self. I was captivated by the author's wisdom and stories and read the...
Last Quarter Review: Three Top Posts of 2021
Grandpa smelled of comfort; the rich, warm scents of coffee and Aqua Velva. Quiet and witty, his brown eyes glinted when I'd beg him to play. Just one more time, pleeease. We'd construct palaces of red, yellow, and blue rectangles or clutch our stomachs as my words...
Four Lessons I Learned from the Hard of Raising Children
The razor-sharp accusation in his voice cut deep, “You’re pressuring me.” Mental illness, trauma, and lingering habits mock my optimism and resilience. I blink away hot tears that cloud my vision before the ache in my heart spills down my face. “It’s not...
When Little Boys (or Girls) Struggle With Mental Illness
We spoke of the not knowing. Not assuming too much. Not offering enough grace and I was reminded of the weight of shame pressing hard against my chest as I shuffled my feet toward the front of the line--my head dipping low as my son's face shone cherry red. Spittle...
Holding to God’s Promises and One Word in 2022
"All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time." Few words are more apt than those by Mitch Albom--especially as 2021 fades and a New Year settles on the edge of the Earth's axis. As history closed on one period of time and encroached on the next,...
