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Ways to Comfort Someone Who is Grieving
He sat in the ashes, scraping oozing sores with a shard of pottery. Once a wealthy man, Job mourned alone in the city’s trash heap. Following an encounter between God and Satan in the heavenly courts, the enemy set his sights on Job. Determined to prove that the man...
How to Find Spiritual Rest
I fumble for the snooze button on my phone’s alarm. Once. Twice. Swinging reluctant feet from the bed to the floor, I blink the sleep from my eyes. A mental to-do list fills my thoughts before I brush my teeth or drink a cup of tea. Worry worms its way in, and...
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...
Stillness in God’s Presence
Stillness lingers as the outline of the mountains shifts from purple to grey. As the sun peeks over the highest ridgeline, birds usher in the morning with their joyous announcement. From my prayer chair, I notice young mothers pushing strollers toward the nearby park,...
Summer Book Recommendations
With summer around the corner, many of us begin scouring library shelves and bestseller lists for recommended reads. I recently finished several great reads. Perhaps you can include a couple of these on your summer book list. Nonfiction Book Recommendations I The book...
The True Source of Hope
Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate, Eva Kor, tells of receiving an experimental injection at the cruel hands of Dr. Josef Mengele at the tender age of ten while imprisoned in Auschwitz. Suffering a raging fever for more than two weeks, the physicians...
Four Powerful Prayers About Mental Health
A Prayer for Those Battling for Their Mental Health Father, Your word reassures me that you “have plans to give me a hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11), but I feel as though “my days have no meaning” (Job 7:15-16). Holy Spirit, I invite your truth to sink into the...
