Spiritual Journey: When you need to persist in prayer

Prayer isn’t a magic wand, but it can be an eternal elixir. We can’t control the way God answers us, but we can open up to Divine possibilities. Even when He says no to our outrageous demands and gently redirects us to a greater plan, He gives us an opportunity to drink in His spirit […]

Spiritual Journey: When you feel lost

Message in a Bottle Prayer Lord, I feel like I’m lost at sea, surrounded by ever-deepening waters. I’m not sure which direction to steer my ship, but I trust that You do. So I am rolling all of my best intentions, love for others, hopes, dreams and desires to save the world, along with my […]

An invitation to believe

I can’t carve rich canyons out of plain brown deserts or paint starry skies with aurora borealis. I don’t have the genius to invent pudgy baby fingers or the joy of squishy pug dog faces. I certainly can’t draw crowds of believers to me or create safe pathways through a raging sea. I don’t know […]