A friend asked me (Bill) this week how to internalize that sense of being loved by God.

Sometimes our hearts need to get bigger. That process works better when we hold tension instead of repressing one side or the other.

God breaks through all the fog and confusion and pain…

This week is a week to pray all our recent isights into our heart and souls.

Paul’s prayer is focused. It’s theological. It’s deep.

Today we’re going to try to exercise our prayer muscle a bit

Today we have a simple prayer. Simple, but not easy (sort of like following Jesus).

Thousands of years before psychologists studied the benefit of helping others, the book of Proverbs was on to this deep truth about life.

Listening, really listening - that makes all the difference.

Most parents would tell their children that it is not ok to do that. So what do we do with this verse?

So much of the wisdom we learn in the book of Proverbs is practical, contextual, and refreshingly direct.

It’s hard to find a prayer that works when we are angry, but this one is pretty good.

Jesus did not like it when people commodified religion.

It can be helpful to think of anger as a positive emotion - something that helps human flourishing, something that reflects something good in the character of God.

Take a few moments today to ponder what it might look like to channel some of your anger energy into healing.

The dictionary definition of ‘indignant’ is: feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment. So, basically, it means to be mad about injustice.

The ancients knew trauma and knew hope…

One of the reasons that the Psalms tell us often to hold on is because they know our tendency to give up.

If you can decode the religious language Paul talks about, he’s trying to unpack grief and lament.