Why it’s good to choose action and look for understanding to follow
Sometimes we need insight to get us unstuck. But sometimes we just need to change our actions, and then understanding will come later.
Why think twice about your answer to, “What’s your preference?”
It’s natural to have preferences, but sometimes God wants us to move beyond them, especially when we’re thinking about the people with whom we feel uncomfortable.
Sunday review: January 4-9
Quotes from our daily posts to remind you of the encouragement we tried to offer our readers day by day by day.
Reflecting on a new chapter, along with my 70-something friends
Increasingly peripheral. Heard, but not heeded. Contributing if we’re lucky, but not leading. These are the conversations I’m having with my peers.
From our groans of lament, God leads us to renewal and restoration
In Psalm 5 David describes evil in terms we recognize today. And then he shows us what to do with our lament.
Now that elections are over at last, will the rage ever end?
Anger is one thing—sometimes healthy, sometimes useful. But rage always destroys. What is our pathway to removing rage from our life?
More listening, less talking, and be very careful about your temper
This simple formula from James can strengthen—maybe even transform—just about any relationship.
Here’s something we can do with no worries it will go wrong!
Wondering how to face the overwhelming challenges of today? The little letter of James gives advice unlike what you’ll find ‘most anywhere else!
Giving our spiritual health equal time with our physical fitness
Daily exercise is great, but here’s a prayer pattern for daily use that can greatly improve our spiritual fitness as well!
Sunday review: December 28—January 2
So, how do you feel about your new year so far? Posts this week can help you face 2021 with confidence and purpose and peace.
My three goals for coping with the “long, hard winter” ahead
One of my fondest memories of 2020 is also one of the simplest. And it gives me a clue for how to cope with the months ahead.
Let’s forget the goal of normal and work for the divine this year!
Peter’s didn’t write these practical and powerful instructions for New Year’s Day, but these words, if heeded, might carry us far beyond any New Year’s resolution.
It’s finally here, the very last day of 2020. . . . So what now?
I suspect the New Year’s Eve celebrations will be lively in many places. With this desire to look forward, let me suggest Psalm 126 as we end this year and anticipate another.
How to cope if 2021 doesn’t turn out to be the end of our hard times
Peter’s letter tells Christians how to cope, and he was talking to Christians whose times were much tougher than ours, even in 2020.
The worldwide sickness even two vaccines will do nothing to solve
We’re happy that now two vaccines have been developed to fight back Covid-19. But let’s remember another sickness only Jesus can heal.
With Christmas craziness behind us, here’s why and how we should rest
Most of us could use some rest today. All of us need the rest that Jesus promised and the writer of Hebrews lifted up.
Sunday review, December 21-26
On this quiet Sunday between holidays, read these quotes and remember how this week’s posts offer you hope and confidence.
December 26, 2020 . . . A Prayer for the Day After Christmas
“Is it over? Is Christmas really over? I’m not complaining, Lord, really I’m not. But like so many other items on our 2020 calendar, Christmas this year came too soon.”
It was the end of ordinary on a remarkable night like no other
When a baby comes, the ordinary disappears. But this night removed ordinary forever!
Why Christmas inspires hope, even at the end of this difficult year
The God of Micah and Mary is the same God who can change anything and everything in a moment and for his glory.