Sometimes it’s the lion’s den. Other times, it’s the despot’s dungeon. Either way, we worship and we wait. Faithfully following God doesn’t shield us from earthly calamity; on the contrary,…
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I’m sitting on my back patio waiting for some much needed sunshine to appear because its rained for days. I just got back from a 7am grocery run for “senior…
Claudia McGuire digs into the story of Tabitha, or Dorcas in the Greek, (Acts 9:36-40) to encourage us all that God uses our stories as members of his people–his team….
I’m wondering how often we Christians today prostrate before God in prayer and worship. For a time we went to a church with kneelers in the pews, but we didn’t…
We are so blessed today as my friend Cynthia Fantasia shares about her new book In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver. For you caregivers, Cynthia’s…
A dear friend recently gave me A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie, a book of morning and evening prayers. Every day the prayers blow me away with spiritual…
I’ve been planning an adventure. My husband and I will have a few days in the UK outside of London, and so we needed to devise a plan. We’re decided…
Facebook and other social media are often battlegrounds for those who like to argue. But they can be forums for discussion to hone our thoughts and ideas beyond our little…
Over the past week or so I’ve had an unusual number of opportunities to spend time with friends. In amazing ways each conversation left me with specific words that lingered…
What is Maundy Thursday anyway? “‘Maundy’ comes, possibly by way of one or more European languages, from the Latin ‘mandatum,’ meaning ‘command.” The reference is John 13:34: ‘A new command…
