Waiting Expectantly
As mothers, we know what it means to be expecting. We wait and allow the baby to grow inside our bodies. We don’t want the baby to come too early. The timing has to be just right for the baby’s growth and development. The same is true with our prayer lives. We pray and wait […]
3 Books that Changed My Prayer Life
If you ask any follower of Jesus, mature or new, most would say their prayer life could be improved. We all have this desire to draw closer to God, and prayer is the means of this communion. This past week my husband and I spent time in Florida helping my mother-in-law clean out her Florida […]
Are our prayers just platitudes?
Last week actor Chris Pratt tweeted about film director Kevin Smith and ended up with a thread of caustic tweets on the topic of prayer. I have to be honest. I did not know who Smith was so I did a Google search. He had suffered a massive heart attack, and Pratt suffered massive backlash […]
When you’re waiting on God
‘Tis the season to wait. My family and I already waited in a long line at a Christmas Tree farm. At the mall on Black Friday, I ended up waiting in a line of three, but it might as well have been 13. I know I should be patient and loving,
Why we pray…
I lead a prayer group that meets every Tuesday. I love to hear these women pray. When we break into groups, the incense of prayer ascends all over the room. Sometimes I hear laughter, sometimes I hear weeping,
A sacred encounter in an unremarkable place
My husband and I just returned from a dream trip to Italy. Sandwiched between our visits to Florence and Rome we took a train to the Cinque Terre towns bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Rising early the next morning to beat the crowds,