prayer

Wednesday's Word: HORIZON
February 18, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Horizon We drove partway to Iowa Friday night to watch Anna’s...

Wednesday's Word: HORIZON
February 18, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Horizon We drove partway to Iowa Friday night to watch Anna’s...

Slow learner
February 12, 2015
Keeping a prayer journal can be a lovely spiritual practice. A record of your faith journey. A chronicle of your growth. But here’s the downside of all those journals I’ve kept, all the heartfelt prayers poured out on paper: they’re also irrefutable proof that I have NOT learned much. I want to think I’ve grown...

Wednesday's Word: TRANSPARENT
February 4, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Transparent One of many things I love about watercolors is their...

Wednesday's Word: TRANSPARENT
February 4, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Transparent One of many things I love about watercolors is their...

Wednesday's Word: SHARPEN
January 28, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Sharpen Pencils are tools for beginners—children learning their alphabets. But they’re...

Wednesday's Word: SHARPEN
January 28, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Sharpen Pencils are tools for beginners—children learning their alphabets. But they’re...

Sharing the miracle
January 26, 2015
When my friend Sherry was in the hospital, broken, nonresponsive, the doctor’s words didn’t contain much hope. She’d stopped breathing. There was certain to be brain damage. The list of concerns went on and on. We didn’t know whether to pray for healing—and the long road it might be, with the potential for more pain—or for...

Wednesday's Word: SCRIBBLE
January 21, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Scribble When we pick up a pencil and scribble, it’s out...

Wednesday's Word: SCRIBBLE
January 21, 2015
Sometimes we run out of words. And sometimes we have too many of them. Sometimes there’s so much to ask that we don’t even know where to begin. Which is why, on Wednesdays, we simplify to one word. Read more about the idea here. Scribble When we pick up a pencil and scribble, it’s out...