On my walk the other day, I saw a dad and his daughter riding bikes. The little girl was probably six or seven years old. She was up on the paved trail, pedaling along, laser focused on where she was going. Her dad, though, was […]
Category: Pray
Communion, Not Combat
These past few years, I’ve written a lot about my practice of prayer walking. And I’ve been asked if it’s like marching around a wall trying to bring it down. That made me wonder: What if the way we think about prayer has quietly shaped […]
Count The Cost
I’ve learned over the past 12 years in the gym that building muscle costs time, discipline, and sacrifice. Only the person doing the workout can decide if they will wholeheartedly put in the work. There are no shortcuts to the “new year new you” social […]
Say Goodbye Before Saying Hello
As another year approaches, there’s a familiar pressure to rush into what’s next. We set new goals, make new plans, or write down new declarations. But this year, I’m choosing something different. Instead of starting with my one word for the new year, I want […]
I Wonder If
After our children were born, I began praying for their future spouses. I was praying for women that I would wait years to meet. I had no clue how, or even if, my prayers would be answered. A few times, I would see someone and […]
Pause, Pray, Prove
How quickly do you repost something you see on social media? For many of us, the impulse is almost automatic. This is the age of scroll, react, share. Scroll, react, share. Over and over. Just today, I saw a post that felt relevant, sounded credible, […]
Unwrap Him
I remember the exact date I lost my childhood faith: February 22, 1985. I had believed with all my heart that Jesus would raise our daughter from the dead. But after four days of praying, hoping, and believing for a miracle, our first child, Patricia […]
A Wrinkle in the Rug
There was a wrinkle in the rug. More than one, actually. I’m not sure how long they’d been there, maybe 20 years or so. It wasn’t simply annoying. It was a fall risk for my mother-in-law that we needed to mitigate. My husband bought a […]
Make Your Life a Prayer
I used to think that to make your life a prayer required grand gestures. You know, like hours of crying out to Him each day with a list of petitions, or shutting yourself away from the world in a quiet retreat. I’m not condemning those […]
Ugly Truths and Beautiful Gifts
I love to walk, but there are days when it’s all about getting the steps in and not about connecting with God. Yesterday, I realized that there are ugly truths and beautiful gifts in prayer walking. Contemplative prayer walking is part of a lifestyle of […]