Have you ever had a lousy day and prayed that joy would take over? Maybe a season of your life makes you wonder if you’ve lost the “joy of your salvation?” I’ve been there. It’s like my salvation is only holding hands with sadness and has lost its grip on joy. So, I pray the prayer, Read more

Psalm 46:10 – “Be STILL, and know that I am God.” When I think stillness I think motionless. I think of quiet inactivity. I think photograph, not video. I think of a teacher saying, “Freeze!” while her class collectively stops whatever they were doing, in whatever position they were doing it in. Stillness. I think of a Read more

– I just saw that tweet and thought it fit too well with my thoughts below, so… there you go.  Another story of chaos. Another example of how sin and violence and tragedy are able to rule the moment. The narrative is so familiar and seems so routine. A monster takes matters into his own Read more