May I ask a personal question? Has prayer become a heavy burden? Do you sometimes feel like you don’t know what to pray or if it’s even making a difference? We’ve all been there: Circumstances overwhelm your vision and waves of emotion make you question if you’re praying the right prayers or asking for the right […]
10 Ways to Savor Life After Your Kids Leave Home
Eight years of living in my own empty nest, along with talking to other empty nest moms, has shown me we commonly fall into one of two ditches when the kids go off to college. Either we don’t feel like doing anything. Or we find ourselves on a hamster wheel of busyness. Whether you’re fighting […]
Where Are You, God?
We’ve all asked it at one time or another – in fear or anger or desperation. With head spinning or heart broken we cry out, “Where are You, God?” Maybe your daughter has taken a wrong turn or your marriage isn’t what it should be. Maybe you’re just tired of being tired. And not knowing what else […]
Perspective is Everything
I know it’s dangerous to state absolutes – to say one thing is everything – but I’m really beginning to believe perspective is everything. You can stand inches to one side or the other and see a totally different horizon. Three people can talk to the same person and see very diverse sides to his […]
Why I Stopped Asking Christians this Question (and Why I’m Starting Again)
It started almost 20 years ago: asking a single question. My emerging spiritual walk would simply overflow in conversation. I’d request, with anticipation: “So, what’s the Holy Spirit saying to you lately?” I really wanted to know, for several reasons: to hear the heart and mind of God in the context of real, everyday life. to stir […]