God’s Project
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Category: Devotionals
Praying Before Acting
I confess that I often forget to pray. I get so busy doing work, spending time with my family and friends, and focusing on the next task that I think back on my day and realize I never dedicated time...
How Do You Experience God?
In my Spiritual Direction practice, one of my favorite questions to ask my clients is “How do you experience God?”
Can You Do This?
When I was nine, my thirteen-year-old brother asked, "Can you do this?" as he gathered a couple stones from the shore. With a side-arm fling, he pitched a smooth, thin oval stone. It skipped across...
Daily Bread
If you have ever been part of a traditional church, chances are you know the Lord’s prayer by heart. Like me, you have probably recited it mindlessly. Maybe it even felt like a chore.
He Meets Us
When I was 12 years old, I held a Bible in my hand and prayed what I would later call a bold prayer. I said, “God, if you are real, I need you to show yourself to me. Anyone can write a book.”
Keep The Questions Coming
Will we ever get enough rain? This is not a dire question for many, but farmers depend on precipitation. And subsequently, the rest of us do too.
Who is your hope in?
Today's passage comes from Job and is from his “friend” Bildad. He was visiting Job, who was at his lowest point in life.
How Did Jesus Do It?
How many of you remember where you were standing when you got horrific news? Always the early bird, I stood near the school fence after lunch when some boys pushed in front of me, "Did you hear?”