“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” (Ps. 139: 7-8 NIV) I’ve been feeling separated from God lately. Prayers are slamming into a closed door. Scripture seems…
I have a problem with prayer. The older I get, the more I realize that throughout my life, I have treated prayer like a magic formula. If I could get the order of the words just right or say the right words, then my wish would come true. I treated God like a powerful wizard…
One of the nerdy things my husband and I have done throughout most of our marriage is watch Jeopardy at night before we go to bed. Alex Trebek’s passing was like someone we knew leaving our home. It felt closer than many other celebrity passings. One of the last things Alex said publicly was, “We’re…
My brain can be tricky. There are a few things I know how to do that my brain won’t let me do on the first try. I call these ninja mind tricks. I have to slow down and think through them. I consistently misspell the words friends and tomorrow unless I slow my thinking. I…
Joshua was Moses’s loyal assistant for most of the years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness. Joshua was a firsthand witness to the special relationship between Moses and God. He saw Moses at his best as well as in his weakest moments. Here are a few of the key moments in Scripture when we see…
“In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” (John 1:4 NIV) Turning forty this year feels both weird and freeing. While I am not lamenting the number, I do look back and think it cannot be possible that I have lived so long. I don’t think forty is old, but…