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I go to the woods, for You are there. You, fully in attendance in every leaf and bough, replenish my soul with the sigh of the wind. I come here to be with You, where You dwell most presently, to spin out the content of my heart, and be regaled with green-black silences and the…

I don’t know why it’s so easy to assume God is a sloppy manager, standing silently with His arms crossed and waiting for confused workers to guess His priorities.  What seems more likely—especially when I think about it—is the idea that God sends a load of signals to direct us in the right direction, not…

Here’s today’s selection for upbeat God-loving music as today’s Prayable Pick!

Look at it this way: there’s a great big hodge-podge of religious beliefs, bumping up against one another, each catching the religious residue of its neighbor. Chrislam, Conservadox, and Cashews are just some of the oxymorons that make up this interesting and often humorous mix of religions. Chrislam is a sect where followers recognize both…

Each day is a blessing of epic proportions. I give thanks for what might seem meager comforts: real cream in my coffee, a day without a bill in the mail, Paso Doble, the Spanish two-step. Sometimes life is a dance a woman has to do backwards pushing against the wind and obstacles in the way.…

Carmen was ticked off, and she earned it, illness, delinquent child, drunken husband, and unemployment. You name it, if it’s bad, it happens to Carmen. She wasn’t coping well. One of Carmen’s methods to address her misfortune was to talk to God. Her conversations went something like this, “Please God, cure my cancer and I’ll…

A young man was a slow worker and found it difficult to hold down a job. After a visit to the employment office, he was offered work at the local zoo. When he arrived for his first day, the keeper, aware of his reputation, told him to take care of the tortoise section. Later, the…

A lot happens in twenty-four hours. Babies are born, healing happens and somewhere, two people fall in love. Think about the past twenty-four hours in your own life. Have you felt joy, did you laugh, have you recognized God’s miracles? It’s our responsibility to be happy and to bring happiness to others. So how come…

FEEDBACK: The inevitable result when a baby doesn’t appreciate the mashed carrots. HEARSAY: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word. PRENATAL: When your life was still somewhat your own. PUDDLE: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes. STERILIZE: What you do to your first baby’s pacifier by…

I think light and dark are in each of us and we can tap into either avenue at any point in time. When I was expecting my son years ago, I prayed every day: “Please give me a happy, healthy, well-adjusted son with a strong backbone and a mind of his own.” As in, make…
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