We’re talking this week about community – specifically Christian community – and how this is a key to a better change. Yesterday, we talked about what it means to be a Christian community. Maybe you’re looking around at your groups of friends and thinking they don’t quite have all the characteristics of this kind of […]

Have you ever watched a child playing with bubbles? First trying to form the bubbles, but so many popping as tiny wisps, never taking shape. When they finally get the bubbles to form and hold together, chasing them and trying to grab them, only to have the bubbles pop. Then, once in a while, a […]

Come, Holy Spirit, come! Help us learn to trust. To trust in Your ways, even when Your ways don’t line up with our limited understanding. Trust that You will guide our feet, if only we follow You. Trust that you will support us when we fall and help us to succeed. Trust that even though we […]

A daily prayer for a miracle. Pray to have the faith to move mountains and experience God’s miracles in your life. O Lord, I sometimes question why you aren’t answering my prayers. I wonder where are your miracles in my life. For you have all power to do anything in this world. Yet, it’s my […]

Over half of us will make New Year’s resolutions each year, yet less than 10% will actually achieve those goals. In fact, most of us will give up on those resolutions within the first month. Why are we so pitiful at following through on our resolutions? Do you desire a deeper prayer life this year? […]

The fire station just down the road from us has a helipad which hosts the local air ambulance crew. My kids love to look for the helicopter when we drive by. A particular highlight is if we happen to drive by as it’s landing or taking off. The helicopter has become part of our daily […]

As I’ve traveled across the internet this week, reading news, blog posts and Facebook updates, I’m more aware than ever how much heartbreak and struggle are in our world. Sometimes if feels like more than I can bear – more than any of us can bear. What do you do when life hands you a […]

I saw her walk into the room and something seemed different. Even from a distance, I could tell she wasn’t the same as when I’d met her a year before. Something was different. Intrigued, I kept glancing over to see if I could figure out the difference. The year seemed to have taken a toll […]

The storm seemingly popped up out of nowhere. The skies weren’t this dark or threatening when they left the dock that morning, heading out on an all day sailboat race down a long, winding lake. This lake had big S shaped turns where you couldn’t see the next section until you rounded the edge of […]

How strong is your faith? When the trials of life come, when the storm winds blow, is your faith strong enough to withstand? Just as a tree needs deep roots to withstand the storms and droughts, so do we need to be deeply rooted in faith. Faith in Christ can sustain and protect you through […]

Photo Credit: Axiraa via Compfight cc I’ve experienced different ways the Holy Spirit equips us to make His plans possible. How He takes our IMPOSSIBLE and makes it POSSIBLE! Today, I’m sharing 5 ways I’ve experienced the Holy Spirit equip. I hope this give you encouragement in your own walk with the Holy Spirit and opens your […]

Thursday afternoon of a long week, one of the worst work weeks I’d had. Too many long nights and extra hours, too much stress, too many words spoken in anger and frustration. I was at my limit, nearing my breaking point, and I needed an escape. It was too much to handle and I just […]

Hiding my phone’s light under the covers so I wouldn’t wake my husband, I stayed up late to finish the last pages of the book. I knew how it would end, but I was so wrapped up in this familiar, yet enthrallingly new, story that I couldn’t put the book down. I was reading The […]

I’ve never been good with theories and hypotheticals. I’m a practical kind of girl. I like to operate in the world of reality and practicality. Maybe that’s why it took so long for me to “get” faith. I couldn’t relate to the theory of God, the hypotheticals of a world ruled by this supreme creator. […]