Not Able to Pray?
By julia-attaway3 min read
When you find you can’t pray, when the words or thoughts or feelings just won’t come, go to church. There’s a reason we’re called to praise God together in church, and you’ll feel the “we” of worship.
Spiritual Growth
Spiritual growth comes in many forms, and at many speeds. Don’t rush your spiritual growth, but invest in it every day.
3 Positive Filters for Life
By Edie Melson2 min read
Are you aware of how you tend to look at life, of what kind of filter you use to assess what’s going on around you? Your outlook, or filter, can render an event dreary or bright, positive or negative. Here are three useful filters you can apply to life.
4 Short Words to Pray Online
By Bob Hostetler2 min read
With social media, so many prayer requests, so little time. Bob Hostetler offers four short words you can utter in prayer in an instant and with heartfelt grace.
5 Ways to Stay Spiritually Fit
By Michelle Cox3 min read
Being physically fit is important for all of us, but it’s even more important for us to be spiritually fit. Here are a few traits that will help us become spiritually strong.
Using Our Spiritual Gifts to Help Others
By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read
Isn’t this how we grow? By stretching? By pressing a little hard? By leaning into our talents and abilities and gifts and stepping forward into who we were made to be?
Expectant Father: Waiting with Joy
By Michelle Medlock Adams3 min read
In a frustrating adoption process an expectant father remembers that God is in control of all, and it’s not his job to worry. “Give all your fears and worries to Him,” says Cecil Stokes, “because they are not ours to carry.”
A Military Mom Walks by Faith
By Edie Melson2 min read
As the mom of a Marine, I learned pretty early on that I was going to be doing a lot of water walking. And if I didn’t keep my eyes on Jesus, I was going to sink. Here are four other lessons I learned.
When God Allows Pain
By Michelle Medlock Adams3 min read
During those painful times in our lives, we often experience the most progress and growth, if we’ll just push through the pain.
Cover Yourself in Prayer
By Bob Hostetler3 min read
Sometimes when I drape the tallit or prayer shawl over my head and shoulders and pull it close, I experience a focus and intensity in prayer that often escapes me at other times. It covers me—physically and symbolically—in prayer.
A Death Row Chaplain Speaks on Grace and Mercy
By Pablo Diaz2 min read
In his new book, Death Row Chaplain, Earl Smith reminds us that God’s grace is available to men in prison as much as it is for each of us living on the outside.
9 Ways to Reclaim Your Happiness
By Michelle Cox1 min read
Feeling discouraged? Here are nine ways to climb out of an emotional rut so you can reclaim your happiness and get back to doing God’s work!
3 Ways to Pray with Balloons
By Bob Hostetler2 min read
A young granddaughter shares a new way to pray–with balloons! Here are three steps you can follow to watch your prayers, literally, ascend.