Your Daily Prayer

Just days before a son’s wedding, tears finally broke through and with them an honest cry to God: I do not want to let go. The son had found his person, and that was genuinely good. But the home that had been...

Leaving a lamp on in another room at night — just that small glow — makes a difference. Without it, familiar sounds become suspicious, familiar shapes lose their edges, and the room that is perfectly known...

Self-pity might feel satisfying in the moment, but it never delivers what it promises — and nothing halts a walk with God quite like staying in it too long. Proverbs 11:25 points in the opposite direction: the...

Mary Oliver’s question cuts through the noise of ordinary days with surprising force: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” It is the kind of question that either...

Over coffee with a friend, venting about the same old struggle — the tongue that runs ahead of wisdom, the familiar conviction of the Holy Spirit arriving within minutes of the conversation, the apology that now...

The beginning of 2022 felt like everything was finally falling into place — a writing job that had only been a dream, a church community, a relationship after years of waiting. And then, by fall of that same year...

When life becomes most difficult, the instinct for many of us is to turn away from God rather than toward Him. We tell ourselves we can handle it, or we feel too far from Him to reach out, or the distance that has grown...

Sin has been described as man’s declaration of independence against God — and that definition cuts straight to the heart of what went wrong with King Uzziah. Second Chronicles 26:15 records that he was...

An annual autumn road trip through the mountains, timed perfectly the first year — vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows painting every hillside, photos capturing what felt like a peak moment. And then the exact same...

Growing up with only four books — a dictionary, two language dictionaries, and Grimms’ Fairy Tales — could have been a limitation. Instead, it became the foundation for a love of learning that was then...

God cares deeply about how those in authority treat the people under their care. The parable of the landowner in Matthew 20 models a boss who is strikingly generous — paying workers hired at the end of the day the...

School is not our life, but it is a part of our life. It is the refrain offered when children protest the more structured parts of learning, when the grumbling starts and the playing has to stop. And underneath that...

When God does a completed work in our lives, it is like a fine pearl. Some wear their pearls for all to see. Others treasure them quietly within the chambers of the heart. Both responses are understandable — the...

Biblical scholars estimate Jesus taught in nearly 150 different outdoor settings; from mountainsides and shorelines to roads, fields, rivers, and wilderness. His parables were full of wildflowers, birds, mustard seeds...

Long summer days carry a particular quality of stillness — golden light that seems to shimmer in the distance, steady heat that slows the pace of everything, the world resting under an unhurried sun. It is not...