It hurts, watching the world splintering in fear. It hurts so much, and I grieve over so much pain. I get online and it’s the first thing I see in the morning, more fear: Another shooting. I’m not shocked, I’m horrified and grieved but not shocked. I hate that I’m not shocked. And I feel the […]
Acts: Joy in His Every Answer
Sometimes the world gets to a place where it can be hard to face. So much trial, so much hate, so much suffering. How do you see hope in a world so lost? [Tweet “How do you see the hope in a world so lost?”] But honestly? Sometimes our issue is more that we […]
Hope in the Face of Evil
Grief grips my heart today, today of all days. On this day we remember the shock, the complete horror, and the death. Do we have Hope in the Face of such Evil? Has the world climbed out of this pit of terror? Or only sunk more deeply? On this day, this anniversary of the falling […]
Acts: Begin With Prayer
Can you imagine? Imagine the excitement! The anticipation! Christ is risen and you have seen Him! You know the whole world will never be the same! What is going to happen next? As I started my study in Acts this morning the passage that stood out to me was this one particular verse: He said to […]
7 Apps to Help You Engage Your Faith
In honor of The YouVersion Bible apps new redesign, today I’m going to share with you seven apps I use in my daily devotion time! “There’s an app for that.” has been a fairly common refrain for quite awhile now, to the point that the phenomena is rather old news, but the huge resource that is […]
Book Review: Praying Upside Down by Kelly O’Dell Stanley
I am so late getting this review out! But somehow I couldn’t rush through this book. Praying Upside Down, by Kelly O’Dell Stanley is one of the best books on prayer I have ever read. No joke. Right from the start this book had my attention, probably because Kelly spoke in words very familiar to […]
Book Review: The Power of Simple Prayer by Joyce Meyer
I love Joyce Meyer. I love her no-nonsense approach to faith. There are days that turning on her messages are just the kick I need to get myself in gear and to stop making excuses for myself. Joyce, as a teacher, and as a writer, is very down to earth and very real. The Power […]
Mission of Life and Death
Here I am, again, in a lab waiting room, again, having just come from radiology, again, checking my liver, again. You never get used to chronic illness. But then you do. But then you see a friend in the waiting room at radiology, she found a lump, they are sure it’s nothing. You wonder, am […]
To Live As Love: A Hearts Prayer
To Live As Love: A Hearts Prayer A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Open our ears, So that we might hear. Open our eyes, So that we might see. ~ Open our hearts, Lord, open our hearts! Pour in us Your life! God heal this strife! ~ Make us tender, Tender to Your Word. […]
A Daily Walk
Have you ever noticed how you never actually get to finish housework? The minute the laundry is done someone throws something in the hamper. As soon as the carpet gets vacuumed something gets spilled. There is always something to dust, scrub, or clean. Always more trash to take out. I remember one day having spent […]