“The great battle of our spiritual lives is ‘Will you believe?’ It is not, ‘Will you try harder?’ or ‘Can you make yourself Worthy?’ It is squarely a matter of believing that God will do what only he can do.” -Jim...
God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed in death, the heart that that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before God, and God’s heart is set on them. Prayers outlive the lives of...
Shoulders slumped, the Farmer gazed at the cracked earth. Reaching down he plucked a stalk from the edge of crop. Nothing. The hulls were empty…worthless bits of wheat lay scattered across the ground. The potential for harvest was dim and the Farmer shudder....
The to-do list sat passively on my desk as if mocking my attempts to cross each item off. Call the doctor’s office. (Schedule three children on different days to avoid missing work.) Write Christmas thank-you’s. (Never mind that it’s almost...
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice…Isaiah 42:3 Like the rest of you, I’m in mourning today for the horrific and senseless loss of life in Connecticut. I sit helplessly...
