My favorite ways to enjoy focused, rejuvenating time with God include climbing trees to pray, taking solitary walks in the woods, pounding out my frustrations on a piano,…
02/25/20 at 07:55 AM
"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."
Jeremiah 31:25
School is a huge part of my life. Homework, tests, friends, fitting in, and the latest fashion consume most of my time. Sometimes it is hard to find time…
02/24/20 at 01:50 PM
In the week ahead, offer prayers for the people of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands.
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02/23/20 at 04:00 PM
When I agreed to become a pastor, I thought I had answered God’s call. Yet, often God calls not once, but again and again.
While in seminary, I sensed…
02/22/20 at 01:29 PM
I was done. I was ready to end it all. Overdosing on pills seemed the most logical option. People were going to talk. Some would cry. But I…
02/22/20 at 11:28 AM
Here, O Lord, my life to you I surrender.
I had thought it was all mine
To do with whatever I pleased—
But I was wrong.
I have done what I shouldn’t do
And…
02/21/20 at 02:49 PM
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”
Luke 23:34 (NRSV)
Jesus inspires me to forgive. No one has embodied forgiveness better than Jesus did. God brought him into a world full of evil to forgive sins. Although Jesus was…
02/21/20 at 07:57 AM
I see you, a hopeless look in your eyes.
I see how you can’t stop asking, “Why?”
I see the tears dripping down your face.
I see you, drowning in shame and…
02/20/20 at 01:58 PM
Have you ever wanted a do-over? To scrap everything that has come before and to begin afresh?
We are enamored with the idea of starting again. Many popular movies…
02/20/20 at 07:55 AM
Each January many of us set New Year’s resolutions. From eating healthier to working out, resolutions tend to be new habits we’d like to form or goals we’d like…
02/19/20 at 01:08 PM
