God is Still Speaking Through This Devotional (And How to Win a Copy!)
It's the only devotional I've read four (soon to be five) consecutive times. Priscilla Shirer's Awaken: 90 Days with the God Who Speaks welcomes my soul like an old familiar friend. It settles in smoothly but never grows weary of speaking truth and timely words...
Break Free from Spiritual Claustrophobia!
I'm no stranger to claustrophobia. Let's see. There's the time I almost took out an entire Boy Scout troop trying to get out of the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, and the time I climbed six stories instead of taking the elevator...two weeks after a c-section....
Living an Unhurried Life in a Hurried World
Can we start a "How to Live an Unhurried Life" support group? I'd be the first to sign up. You see, I'm not writing this post from an "I got this!" point of view. I simply want to learn how to squash the word "hurry" from my life and replace it with "holy"....
25 Things to Pray for This Summer
Summer delivers sunshine and sweet tea but it can also present specific prayer needs. Children are out of school, parents are working from their homes with children who are happy to be out of school (which is a whole different kind of happy!), and the hustle and...
3 Prayerful Ways To Prepare for Unexpected Blessings
Unexpected blessings catapult our faith into high gear and steady our walk of faith. I didn't realize how much so until last week when I attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. As I've done over the past nine years, I showed up eager to...
5 Ways Teenagers Need Us to Pray for Them
Whether they know it or not, today's teenagers face a formidable enemy. They always have. After all, it's during the teen years we form friendships, notice every pimple, start dating, and unfortunately, come face-to-face with the mean girls. But our culture has never...
Cathy Baker
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