Addicted To The “If Only”
Every Lenten season, I take a sabbath from social media. What started many years ago as an attempt to develop a healthier relationship with technology quickly became a helpful and necessary annual...
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Author: Laura Colella
A Kingdom Of Priests
Early in my faith journey, I wondered how the Israelites could experience the extraordinary parting of the Red Sea and then so quickly slip into disobedience. I assumed it would stick with me if I...
God Promises Deliverance
When you read the stories of old, can you feel God speaking to you? When I read this piece of scripture, I can feel God promising me the same things he promised the Israelites.
Blessed To Be A Blessing
News sites and social media are riddled with images of war. It can feel naive to hope for a day when world leaders say enough is enough and sit at bargaining tables to hammer out peace treaties.
God Bless You
When I was nineteen, I was writing instinctively. That’s what I did. Others sketched or did music and the like. My innate purpose was to write. But at twenty-five, I put my typewriter in the closet.
The Tree of Knowledge of Good And Evil
"Knowledge is power" often implies knowledge will make us successful and better human beings. In many settings, this principle is helpful. However, it can take on a darker meaning.
The Best Offense Is A Good Defense
In most sports games, there are offensive plays and defensive plays. The same idea can be used to describe the spiritual war that wages around us.
Go And Sin No More
I recently had a powerful conversation with a wonderful friend. Have you ever had a friend who is so like-minded that it’s almost like having a great conversation with yourself?
You Are Not Alone
In the drawer of my nightstand is a bundle of handwritten notes that was delivered to my house in the fall of 2019. I was in the midst of a dark and difficult season in my mental health journey and...