Devotions

Short enough to read in the carpool line, in the break room, at home, or anywhere you find five minutes for quiet reflection.

Facing and Embracing 60 — Life Is a Gift

Thank you, Lord, for so many years. I remember when my parents were this age—and my grandmothers! So old in my young eyes. Now I’m the parent—and the grandparent. Ancient, I suspect, in my grandchildren’s eyes. Thank you, Lord, for my salvation. You sought me when I wasn’t seeking you. Cared for me

Forgiveness Means the Most When We Don’t Deserve It

My Accident. When Steve’s email hit my inbox with this header, my heart sank. Oh no. What happened? Did he fall? Steve is one of my spiritual fathers. An elder at our church decades ago, he and his wife, Pat, modeled godly parenting to my husband, David, and me as we sought to raise our…

My Totally Awesome Working on This Forever Bodaciously Exciting Gift

Want to know a secret? In 2020 (yes, during COVID), I wrote a sister book to my best-selling devotional, Refresh Your Faith. Like RYF, it contained 66 devotions, one from every book of the Bible. But instead of spotlighting a VERSE from every book, it spotlighted a WORD from every book. Glorious wor