Some of you are hanging on to God by a fingernail.  Maybe you started your quiet struggle years ago and each year, you accidentally added another brick to the wall between you and God. All the while, you continued living the cultural Christian life while your heart gradually closed itself to God.  Years later, you…

You’re drinking information from a fire hose these days.  You feel pretty paralyzed about it. You’re going to disappoint somebody.  But you can still please God.  *** As you’re working it out— It’s okay to gradually process and ask God for wisdom.  It’s okay to cautiously step while reserving the right to reverse course. It’s…

Do we really tell wrecked souls suffering under the weight of darkness that it was always supposed to be this way? No, we tell them there’s a battle raging. We tell them the Truth. *** We tell them this battle is not against flesh and blood. That it’s so much more than what they see….

Some of you spend the rest of your life this way. —dreaming about hugging your person. . . .  The last time I hugged Mom was a silly Wednesday seven weeks ago.  The kids were losing their minds, and I was frantically shooing them out the door as I gathered my belongings. Mom’s fighting a…

Having trouble “feeling” the stirring love of our Savior? Sometimes feelings evade us. A long-lived faith will undoubtedly experience dry times.  Of course, our journey with Jesus is so much bigger than a feeling.  But like any love relationship, we can do our part; we can fan the flame.  So if you find yourself in the…

When the Easter dress is on its hanger and the basket sits on its shelf. When the pantry doors are closed and the apron’s on its hook. When the traditions stay tucked in their drawers and the day feels unfamiliar. You rose again. When the chairs at the table are empty and we can’t get…

Lord, we’re as thirsty as ever, and only You will do. . . . And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Mark‬ ‭15:34‬ . . . For God so loved the world that he…

I’m here to rally for the person feeling stuck in the waiting. God has given you a glimpse of something He has for you. And if God said it, it’s as good as done. It’s only a matter of time. But you’re getting antsy and flexing your muscles and spinning your wheels trying to strong-arm…