Standing during worship, breathing out the words of Kristene DiMarco’s song “He’s in the Waiting” as a prayer of peace for my soul, I caught myself contemplating the past few years. I had recently left a position I loved to engage in a life I needed. Years of working a high-stress job had taken a…
“‘Everything is possible for one who believes.’ Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, ‘I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!’” (Mark 9:23-24 NIV). A friend recently texted and asked me to join her in praying for a miracle. She sent me a list with specific dates and a few details. As each day on the…
You may have had a good mom, but I had the best. She died suddenly and unexpectedly a few years ago, and after her death, many things were different, of course. But something I couldn’t put my finger on felt like it was missing from my life. A year later, my brother and I were…
This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. And the seed on the rock are those who, when they…
I was raised in the church. I asked Jesus to be my savior with childlike innocence when I was just five years old. Well, for the first time, anyway. I probably prayed the prayer of salvation over a thousand times in the following years (and I’m not exaggerating). I was always afraid that my efforts…
Deep in the ground, a seed is breaking open, spreading its roots and reaching toward the sun above. It soaks in the moisture from the soil around it and instinctively climbs upward until it can peek aboveground. Hopefully, this isn’t happening at my house, because I don’t have a green thumb or that magical growing…