I’ve recently received several emails from readers with variations of this question: I want to be still in God’s presence, but it’s so hard! I can’t seem to stop the buzzing thoughts in my head, and it’s frustrating! or I like the idea of spending 5 minutes in stillness before God, but I cannot just not think about anything. Any …
Let’s be honest: your dream of reading the Bible this year didn’t turn out quite the way you had imagined. The kids woke up early. You slept in. The dog ate your reading plan. It happens to the best of us. In fact, the average person makes the same resolution 10 times without success, so chances are you’ve failed at a …
Have you heard about praying the ACTS way but never really knew what it meant or how to do it? If you’ve ever found your mind wandering during prayer, you know that praying involves more than just sitting down with an intention to pray. You need a plan. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing my favorite ways to organize my …
Let’s be honest: you want to read the Bible, but it seems no matter how many times you’ve tried following Bible reading plans, you just can’t get past Leviticus. I get it. Really, I do. For years I started the new year with resolutions to read through the Bible, only to slack off. We want to read the Bible, but …
If you haven’t yet figured out what to get your spouse for Christmas, it’s not too late to do something creative and thoughtful that will bless their socks off. How about 12 days of Christmas gifts, one each day leading up to Christmas?! (Or perhaps a few days into the New Year, for those of us procrastinators who are usually late …
