They Didn't Come in Cold
The secret to an hour-long creative session is what happened in the days before it. Four musicians, one song, and a method that transfers.
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Turn Dieting Hunger (and Other Involuntary Challenges) into a Fast
The hunger pangs of a diet. An overwhelming week. A hospital stay. As Corrie ten Boom found in Ravensbrück, what changes isn't the circumstance, but whether we’ve dedicated it to the Lord.
How to Tell Conviction from Condemnation
Conviction is specific, resolves, and leaves no regret. The vague apology for being alive is something else entirely.
Your Joy Isn't Fake and Your Anger Isn't Wrong
For six years I thought my happiness was a mask over suppressed rage. It wasn't. Thinking happy thoughts about bubblegum at the dissolution of the world is a real problem—but so is assuming your joy was never real.
Why You Can't Heal Yourself in Isolation
I started studying healing prayer so I would never have to tell another person my baggage. That's pretty … independent, shall we say. It also didn't work.
When the Book of Proverbs Reads Like a List of Failures
She asked God's forgiveness and still wasn't free. But God has the creativity and power to help us break free of any mess we find ourselves in.
How Could Jesus Grow in Favor with God?
What a father's astonishment at his son's gifts taught me about Luke 2:52—and why favor with God isn't the same as being loved more.
Kind to the Ungrateful: Three Messages from Praying Friends
A word on Luke 6:35, a reflection on the lonely work of standing guard, and two ducks that changed the way a dead pine came down.
Three Christian Views of Hell (Not Just the One You Know)
Eternal conscious torment isn't the only view the historic church has held. Annihilationism, universal reconciliation, and trusting the Judge of all the earth.
A Prayer for Courage to Set Healthy Boundaries
A blessing for relationships that honor your heart, your calling, and your future.
Will You Give Me Your Efficiency?
I have optimized my life for productivity since I was fourteen. Then came a three-day fast, two days in bed, and more hospital nights than all five of my births combined.
A New Thought on a Father’s Rejoicing
A verse in Proverbs, read with a different Father in mind.
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.
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.