INCH CLOSER, FATHER
What pure love that we have a heavenly Father who enters into the mess of things and inches closer to his beloved children!
THE REAL CAPTAIN MARVEL
Being marveled is not dependent on the thing itself but the sensitivity to see the inherent beauty in it.
TRUSTING IN GOD
Those who trust in God live a blessed life, like a tree planted by the water that never has to worry about changes in the weather.
VULNERABILITY, RISK, AND THE WORD
It’s not always easy to vulnerably open ourselves up and risk scrutiny. However, this Lent, let us remember the One who risked everything and vulnerably opened Himself up to us.
GOD’S UNNATURAL FAMILY
Joseph would not be the natural father of a child by Mary; instead, he would be the adoptive father to multitudes of children raised up by the reconciling work of Jesus.
WHEN LOVE IS GREATER
I’m convinced that the love that I ultimately express can only come through from God.
REMEMBERING ABRAHAM IN TIMES OF DESOLATION
Lord of all consolation, help us to always seek you. Give us strength and courage in times of desolation.
A CONSPIRACY OF GRACE
Perhaps Lent is a conspiracy of grace – an invitation to receive and witness grace that is deeply humbly as well as expansively freeing.
DEEP CALLS TO DEEP
This season, I sense a deep cry inside that gently but persistently calls me to return to the desert. Here, my soul can shed the false illusions and willfulness that ruled me.
MOURNING BECOMES GLADNESS
Lent is for rediscovering that we are created for the inextinguishable flame, not for ashes that immediately disappear.
RELUCTANT PROPHETS
Fear is often present when facing the unknown. However, if we let fear govern, we will only find ourselves running from the good.
THIS IS HOW YOU ARE TO PRAY
Sometimes, all I can do is trust in my Father, who art in Heaven, whose will and plans for me are better than I could ever dream.
POVERTY OF HEART
Perhaps what my husband or wife lacks, what my children lack, what my parents lack, is not clothes or food. Perhaps they lack love, because I do not give it to them.
ON BREAD ALONE
No matter how much we are able to accomplish by our own will, true contentment and peace will only come from resting in the assurance that God is always present in our lives.
GRACIOUS DISCIPLESHIP
Perhaps instead of wondering about how we are to follow Christ, we may reflect on the gift of this invitation to discipleship.
THE FASTING GOD WISHES
For a long time, I missed the deeply communal dimension of self-denial: to enrich others.
LISTENING INTENTLY
How am I to make time this Lent to pause, to listen, and to notice God moving in my life?
