Tag: prayer
Posted on July 3, 2020
My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
A pandemic that will not end, economic uncertainty, political unrest, racial inequality … and the 4th of July. I do not even know how to begin this post. I’ve retyped the opening sentences a hundred times because, friends, …
Updated on November 15, 2019
What if you could be the answer to someone’s prayer?
She did not know about my day. The burned waffles, the lost keys, the cranky teenagers, the hard discussions and the difficult things I was turning over in my brain were not her concern. She didn’t know the …
Posted on May 17, 2019
A Prayer As We Go
Click HERE and I’ll read the whole thing to you in about 3 mins! We’ve played the final concert, cheered for the final game, taken the last test, cleaned out the notebooks and signed all the yearbooks. And …
Posted on January 10, 2019
A prayer as we begin
And so we begin again. January wind blows in and reminds us that time waits for no man. We are moved into the newness of this season whether we like it or not. And some of us are …
Updated on July 4, 2018
A prayer for our country on this Independence Day
Today we will proudly wear our red, white and blue. We will fire up grills, gas up boats, pack up picnic baskets, line parade routes and shoot off fireworks. Today, we will celebrate the birth of this great …
Updated on August 31, 2017
When prayers seem small and the water keeps rising
“The water reaches all the way up there?” my little guy points to the top of the street sign as we stand in early morning light at the bus stop. The sun is cresting orange and pink into …
Posted on November 8, 2016
A prayer on this Election Day
Here’s the prayer that’s been on repeat in my heart about this day. Lord, today is the day. Today is the day that “we the people of this great nation” get to decide who will lead us. Today is the day.
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