The Peace of Gratitude
If we follow Paul’s plan of prayers and petitions + gratitude, we’ll receive something far greater than worry. It will lead to peace. Read more
The Joy in Abiding
I don’t know for sure how it starts; usually it’s something as simple as a friend running a few minutes behind or remembering that a bill due today is yet unpaid. Or sometimes all it takes is a twinge of pain in my back or my side. Somehow, any one of these things becomes a […] Read more
Taking Back the Night: Flood Waters
Whoever said it takes only 21 days for something to become a habit must have been doing something fun, or easy. Because I’ve been going to bed at 9 p.m. for 36 days now, give or take a couple of days, and it still doesn’t feel natural. In fact, I’m probably going to stay up […] Read more
Taking Back the Night: 9:03 p.m. on Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday, I went to bed at 9:03. Back in February I decided that for Lent, I would give up the hours between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. and would just go to bed and stay there, no reading, no television, no web surfing. For weeks, I had been anticipating this fast from night […] Read more
Pressing Forward
After many prayers, conversations, appointments, and tears, the Lord is beginning to ease my anxiety somewhat. Mostly, He has done this through His word, His truth. And I am beginning to embrace the uncertainty of my life as a gift from Him again. A gift he gives us to refine our faith and cause us […] Read more