Devotions
Looking on Beauty: Learning to Behold the Good Gifts of God’s Grace
Years ago, when I first decided to create a space to write and process life and faith, I titled my original blog, Looking on Beauty. After all the struggles I had faced, I realized the only thing holding me together…
How to Live Satisfied in the Christian Life
I hold a tension in my feelings for this new spring season. While I love the whole idea of things blooming, allowing more time to enjoy the sunshine, I don’t like the effect the pollen and emerging nature have on…
How He Spoke Comfort Through the Silence of Grief
A faded hospital gown hung loosely around my disproportioned torso as I laid hugging my belly on a cold, metal triage cot. Moments earlier, the nurse had left the room after solemnly removing the fetal monitor from my belly, announcing…
Asking the Question that Heals
By Terri Prahl Key Verse: Jeremiah 2:6a, “They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness?” I caught a glimpse of my scar above my dress as…
Gifting Humility this Christmas Season
As believers, we know that we are to imitate Christ, which means to pattern our behaviors of life after His example. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God,…
Luke 1: Questions, Doubt, and the Faithfulness of God
In an attempt to set my attention and affections on the birth of Christ for December, I am slowly reading and studying the book of Luke. As I read through the familiar stories of Zechariah and Elizabeth (the parents of…
Hope for Hard Times: The Grace of Forgiveness
Today’s Reading: Leviticus 25:23-34 Key Verse: “But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be…
Wrestling Through: Moving through Fear and Anxiety Toward Greater Freedom and Faith in God
by Kelly Ann Snyder I have spent years struggling with generalized anxiety. From early childhood, well into adulthood. It wasn’t until shortly after turning 30 years old, after hitting rock bottom with anxiety and fear, that I finally surrendered my…
Wrestling Through: Even Mature Believers Face Struggles in their Faith
Wrestling Through Deep Loss and Grief My name is John Cox. I’m 73 years old and just happen to be Terri’s father. Terri asked me to write a short article on a time in my life when I was struggling. …
10 Ways to Hold Tight to Hope When You Are Tempted to Lose Heart
As Christians, we live in the tension of of our present reality and future hope. It is easy to grow discouraged as we try to navigate our way through this upside-down place. We know it’s not supposed to be this…