Daily Devotional

God communicates his blessing, one that could never be earned, achieved, or deserved. In words he promises his presence. -Paul David Tripp—Everyday Gospel There’s something humbling about realizing that God’s […]

Rest and patience of heart are not found in figuring out what is going on or conjuring up in our minds how in the world God is going to do

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. ~Anne Lamott Right after

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. ~Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway At some point, all of us have struggled with a computer

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. ~Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies There

You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ~Anne Lamott When I started studying theology,

I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We’re here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and

I do not understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us. ~Anne Lamott One of

In this week of devotions, I’ve been able to share a little taste from just one of Brian McLaren’s books. I read a Generous Orthodoxy nearly two decades ago. It

In my profession, I am sometimes asked the heaven/hell question. Occasionally, the questioner is interested in their own future after physical death. I can engage in that conversation with sincerity.