Category: Spiritual Practices

  • Longing for Trust

    Longing for Trust

    Trust in the Lord with all your heart…

  • Sunday’s Prayer

    Sunday’s Prayer

    And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

  • An Invitation to Delight

    An Invitation to Delight

    Take delight in the Lord,     and he will give you your heart’s desires. Psalm 37:4 NLT

  • Embraced

    Embraced

    My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”

  • One Word Wisdom

    One Word Wisdom

    … for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content.

  • Bee Satisfied

    Bee Satisfied

    Along the walkway to my front door there’s a beautiful shrub covered in tiny purple flowers. It looks especially pretty as the fall temperatures drop, and lately I’m not the only one loving it. When you pass by it these days you’ll hear the hymn of busy bees doing their work. Most days I walk…

  • Practice Perfects Thanks Giving

    Practice Perfects Thanks Giving

    As we gathered to share our thoughts on this week’s bible study about worship, we all agreed on one thing. It didn’t include the place or time, the style of music, or when to have the offering. No one mentioned hymnals or screens. No, the one theme mentioned throughout our time together when it comes…

  • The Art of Surrendering to the Silence

    The Art of Surrendering to the Silence

    You know those questions I encouraged you to ask in the moments of unexpected silence? The ones from my last post? (Here’s the link if you need a reminder: When Surrender Brings Balance.) Well, they probably should have come with a warning. A sort of be-aware of what might follow when you finally answer them.…

  • When Surrender Brings Balance

    When Surrender Brings Balance

    The author’s weekly blessing in my bible study reads, “May you walk through this week with eyes wide open to the wonders of God’s creation, seeing His fingerprints in both the magnificent and the mundane….” (emphasis mine) It speaks clearly to my inner work these days. I call it sobriety. Not the kind that requires…

  • Discovering the Way of Prayer

    Discovering the Way of Prayer

    Long ago, like way back in the 90’s, I came across a book that took different scriptures and turned them into personal prayers. On days when I couldn’t seem to find the words for prayer or needed some inspiration, I would open it up and read the scripture inserting my thoughts where there were blanks…