Healing & Freedom
How Long Does Grief Last? Longer Than Six Months
A 1930s Mexican household gave the widow two years. A young widow I know, with no custom telling her anything, arrived at the same number on her own.
Amy Lykosh
Healing & Freedom
“I Forgot What I Was Going to Say”
What to pray when we lose our train of thought.
Hearing God
I Heard God, I Obeyed, and Nothing Was There
A prompting, an empty box, and two lies Jesus wanted to break.
Protection & Spiritual Warfare
Why Praying for a Parking Space Is an Act of Resistance
The prayers we skip because something tells us they're too small.
Praying for Others
How to Carry a Friend's Grief Without Carrying It Home
I sat with a friend going through a brutal divorce, and then was sad for four days. I didn't know to leave the burden with Jesus.
Healing & Freedom
Evil Is Only Spoiled Goodness (C.S. Lewis Was Right)
Evil needs creativity, strategy, trust and honor to function — and all of those are good. As C.S. Lewis put it, badness is only spoiled goodness.
Rest, Time & Hurry
How to Pray in Traffic: Turn Red Lights Into Prayer
Stuck at a red light and getting frustrated? Two true stories — one about a traffic jam, one about a deer — and a simple habit that turns delays into prayer.
Rest, Time & Hurry
Why Do I Feel Spiritually Beaten Up?
"If you feel bruised, it's because you're in a battle and not sitting on the sidelines." A reframe for anyone weary from spiritual warfare—plus a prayer.
Praying for Others
How to Know What to Pray in Any Situation
Ask God what to pray, then pray it. The method, plus a full worked example: a long prayer for unity in the church.
Testimonies
Celebratory Provision Stories, Large and Small
Large and small—the Lord provides.
Hearing God
Sometimes “Surrender” Is Just Giving Up
When the holy-sounding answer is the wrong one.
Hearing God
Four Weeks of Waiting on the Lord
Then the fear of the Lord came, and it was clean.