Guest post: Is prayer a product to sample or a technique to try for a while to see if we get good results? If we do not get what we want when we want it, do we toss prayer in the Goodwill donation pile and try something else?
Tag: hope in God
A Happy Note for the New Year: You CAN Choose to Change!
As we begin a new year, so often with new goals and hopes for change, I have good news for you! Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to wait for your feelings or your desires to change. They aren’t in charge of what you choose to do. You are.
Remember What God Has Done
What do you think about when you think of this past year? Wherever you find yourself, whether dragging your feet or rushing to start that new calendar, I’d like to encourage you. God has good planned for you, even in the bad things.Â
But God: a Favorite Phrase, a Shared Poem
One of my favorite phrases throughout Scripture is, "but God." Such hope in that phrase! My sin earned me death...but God. This world is full of darkness...but God. Things don't go the way I want them to...but God. Things are sometimes downright terrible...but God. I struggle and fail...but God.
You’ve Got Us; Who’s Got YOU?
Click above to listen. For those who feel the burden of responsibility on your shoulders, who work so hard to love well and take care of those around you, who sacrifice and pour yourself out for others: where does *your* help come from? Or, to paraphrase Lois Lane's worthwhile question: you're holding us; who's holding… Continue reading You’ve Got Us; Who’s Got YOU?
(Bad News and) Good News for Christmas
Click above to listen. In honor of Christmas, I’d like to offer a brief summary of Christianity. There are a lot of misconceptions out there; maybe this can help clarify a bit. What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?Actually, the good news won’t make any sense unless you know the… Continue reading (Bad News and) Good News for Christmas
You Are Enough*
Click above to listen. You are enough.* You are worthy.* You are perfect just as you are.* I think people say these things to be encouraging, but honestly? It’s a huge backfire. If you’re enough, and you’re worthy, and you’re perfect, then …why do you keep messing up? Why do you make mistakes, or choose… Continue reading You Are Enough*
Peace in Trying Times
Being filled with the peace of God when life is stressful sounds like a cliche and a platitude and an impossible, fanciful thing — and it is, unless we look to God Himself for it.
He Satisfies the Longing Soul (Favorite Scriptures: Psalm 107)
I have a lot of favorite Scripture passages, but Psalm 107 is up there toward the top of my list. It’s rather long, but the picture of God’s enduring love, grace, and help toward us, no matter what, makes it all worth reading.
Politics and Christ-Followers: Where is Your Focus?
Politics is first and foremost in most of what we see these days...and in many of our minds and hearts, too. But here’s the thing: if we’re Christ-followers, it shouldn’t be.
More Than This Mess 