Lost in the Land of Longing

“You know what I long for, Lord, You hear my every sigh.” Psalm 38:9 NLT The Psalms are just drenched —  dripping — with longing. Longing for peace and prosperity. Longing for health and healing. Longing for deliverance, for victory, for salvation, justification, vindication, reconciliation. Longing for truth — honesty and integrity. Longing for answers […]

Why Pray the Psalms?

An Unexpected Presence, an "Unsuspected Power"

Why Pray the Psalms

“Wherever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure vanishes from the Christian church. With its recovery will come unsuspected power.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer I still remember the ache, the hunger, the thirst, the desperation that drove me to Jesus in my teens… I remember the fear. The fear that needed casting out by His perfect […]

5 Ways to Not Grow Weary While You Wait

Persevering Through Dark Days, Discouragement, and Suffering

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” ~ Galatians 6:9 It’s not easy to wait for the reward for all our hard work. The results. Or at least some teeny tiny glimmer of them. Not easy to persevere, to press on, to […]

Fun Friday: Great Reads

Free Printable Bookmark

We’re at the end of Week Three in a five-week summer Bible study we call Virtual VBS for GrownUp Girls. If we were really at Vacation Bible School together (wouldn’t that be fun!), we would definitely have some time set aside for sharing songs and stories and doing some fun crafts. And snacks… don’t forget […]

Lord, Hear Our Cry

The National Day of Prayer 2015

Today we join our hearts in praying for spiritual renewal and revival across our nation — and around the world. Some of us are participating in special church services, city-wide, neighborhood, or community celebrations, or family gatherings. Others are just taking a few moments on our own to humble ourselves before God and cry out […]