Meditate on God’s promises
Do you ever find yourself hurrying through Scripture? Skimming to get it done, but not letting it soak in? Then wondering why you're left feeling uninspired? It doesn't have to be that way. The Bible [...]
Day 4 of Deeply Loved
Thanks for the tweets and posts from yesterday's book give-away. I'm speaking at a writer's conference today, so we'll announce our winner on Monday. Today's practice is often called the "review of the day." It [...]
Living into Christ’s love during Lent
Ash Wednesday, 2015 Depending on which faith tradition stream you swim in, today is a solemn day of reflection, the beginning of a season of prayer and fasting—or not. I grew up in a evangelical [...]
Spring cleaning for the soul
Today's warm weather (and the threat of more snow later this week) got me thinking about spring cleaning. Does anyone do that anymore? I need to, of course--in the house, in the backyard, where the [...]
You’re loved when you’re lamenting
The Bible is full of uplifting, encouraging words. But it also has some pretty clear examples of sadness, despair, the blues. The Psalms of lament are just as true as the Psalms of ascent. Because [...]
What are you giving up, and what are you taking up?
So often we reduce the season of Lent, if we acknowledge it at all, to giving up some indulgence. But this "spiritual spring" is also a season of "taking up." We take up our cross, [...]
Spring Cleaning for the Soul
Ash Wednesday, 2011 The horizon—the color of ashes—promises a storm. The muddled snow, which had been melting, is arrested by the returning cold. Lent, a somber season, seems the practice even of my leafless gray [...]