Tags Archives
in prayer
How Do I Walk In the Good Works God Has Prepared???
When the alarm rings at 6:10 am (yes, 6:10 am, not 6 am, because those extra ten minutes of sleep seem sweetly satisfying), I roll out of bed. When I’ve got it together, I get on my knees and say a quick prayer. After that, it’s go-go-go time. My morning routine is rushed, as I’m ...
You Have Permission For This
There’s a distinct point of time when I snap.
I don’t mean that I snap my fingers to a happy chorus. Nope.
I mean I snap like a dry twig. You can almost hear the cartoon-like crraaack.
My patience runs out. My face contorts. My tone hovers somewhere between irritable and infuriated. My words range from snarky to ...
Vacations and Worship: Can They Actually Go Together?
Is it just me or do you find it harder to connect with God while on holiday?
As someone who thrives on schedules, I enjoy time in the Word during my regular routine. But you know what happens on vacations? Or, more to the point, what doesn’t happen on vacations? Routine. That’s what.
Schedules and calendars melt ...
When Shame Keeps You In Hiding
As part of an online accountability group for a "healthy lifestyle," I’ve signed up for a few fairly awkward things. For one, I tell a group of about 20 people how much I weigh every day. Thankfully, others on the group “weigh in” too (literally speaking) so it’s not overly embarrassing.
Other things we do include ...
What Does It Mean To Love God?—A Maundy Thursday Reflection
As I knelt by my bed and reflected on the Cross this week, I felt compelled to respond to God’s incredible love and sacrifice. My eyes brimmed with tears as I thought about that ponderous, numbingly horrendous journey Jesus took to Golgotha. Without a doubt, my heart was moved and my spirit was stirred
I pulled ...
Start With One Small Step
As I look out the window of the living room of my 9th-floor apartment, my heart skips a beat. A little girl, about three or four years old, stands on the 6th floor of a building under construction next door to us. Her mom bends over the cement blocks a couple of feet away from ...
Two Words God Laid On My Heart
I sometimes find myself standing before God 's throne like I’m at a Chinese fast food stall at a mall's food court waiting to get served.
Let me explain.
I can approach Bible reading like I’m there to get Hakka noodles and sweet and sour chicken plopped on my plate and say a quick, “Thank You, God," ...
You Don’t Have To Give In
For my daughter’s fourteenth birthday last year, she invited a few of her friends to an escape room. For the uninitiated, an escape room or mystery room is essentially an entertainment option where you pay good, hard-earned money to be trapped in a small space for an hour.
I’m kidding. While I’ve only gone to an ...
5 Lessons From 50 Years Of Love
With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, it seems like a good time to talk about love.
But what makes it an even better time—actually, no, the perfect time—is the story of two people who exchanged wedding rings on Valentine’s Day fifty years ago. And what makes it even more special is that I happen ...
MEET SUSAN
