There is a trend that has become prevalent in the past few years. “Word of the Year.” Have you heard of this? Each year, instead of looking at resolutions, you are encouraged to pray and choose a word of the year. If you google it, there are lots of websites with word ideas and processes of how to pick your “Word of the Year.” Usually, I can pick a word even before New Year’s Day. However, when 2023 began, I was not sure what my word needed to be.
Category Archives: Prayer
A Season of Blessing and Sending or What’s Mine Is Yours
In the space of eight days at the end of July and the beginning of August, my children, who are 23 and 21, moved into their first post-college apartments. I am happy for them and a little sentimental. My babies are grown up.
Pray for Your Heart
I recently came across a great resource for educators on social media called “Joy in the Journey.” (If you are in education, please follow or visit the website joyinthejourneyteaching.com!) The specific resource I read about was a prayer journal for teachers called Prayers for the Teaching Journey. With the start of the school year coming soon and my role in education, this journal piqued my interest!
Do You Know About Merlin?
No, I’m not thinking of Merlin the Magician, but Merlin R. Carothers. He wrote the books Prison to Praise and Power in Praise, among others. I have only read the latter, but it is a book that I found incredibly helpful. It taught me to praise God in the hard moments and for the hard moments.
The Most Ignored Commandment
I am a proud citizen of the United States of America, the most prosperous nation in the history of the world. We enjoy more conveniences and luxuries than almost any people group in history. And yet, for all our prosperity, we do not seem to enjoy our lives.
Making Sense of a Revival
On the morning of February 8, students and faculty at Asbury University in Wilmore, KY, gathered in the Hughes Auditorium for chapel. Chapel services are a normal part of the university’s rhythm, occurring at least three times a week. But this service is unlike any experienced in decades.
Sleep On It
A few weeks ago, I was feeling anxious about a situation and wanted to “fix” it as quickly as I could. Have you ever felt this way about a circumstance in your life? You want it resolved as soon as heavenly possible? 😊 Yes, that was me!
What Are You Waiting For?
This past weekend we celebrated my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday. What an incredible blessing, especially considering that she turned 90 in March of 2020. That’s right, we celebrated Colleen’s 90th birthday more than two years after the fact. It was especially sweet and joyous, and I believe that waiting until everyone felt safe made it more so.
Kiss the Waves
The great 19th century Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon said, “I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.” It’s an invitation to see that the storms of this life can be a bridge that brings us closer to God.
Do You Want to Get Well?
By Rev. Tom Parkinson, Senior Pastor “Do you want to get well?” That is the question Jesus asks a paralyzed man in John 5:6. The man’s answer to the question is an obvious, “Yes!” For 38 years he hoped and prayed that he would be healed. Through great hardship (remember, there were no wheelchairs inContinue reading “Do You Want to Get Well?”
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