When You Feel You’ve Let God Down I watched the sunset outside my window—a dwindling blaze of red and gold thrusting Pikes Peak into the foreground. It seemed a metaphor for my day. A mountain of imperfect decisions and choices displayed against God’s goodness...
From the time we rise until the moment we exhale sleep’s first breath, nearly 50,000 thoughts will have tracked through our minds. Of those rapid-fire notions, 80% are negative. Repetitive. Even bordering on obsessive. Our minds are landmines pockmarked with...
The dark moments in the past have a strange way of remaining alive and, while I’d thought moving ahead meant leaving them behind—discarded in the emotional trash heap–I’ve discovered the unexpected. God can use all of it. In His hands, anything—and...
“EGR,” she quipped with a smile and an exaggerated sigh. My quizzical look prompted a response. “You know…extra grace required.” Unexpectedly, our prayer for others had shifted from intercession to a Christianized version of gossip...