A Bubble of Protection
Top o’ the morning to ya! As you may have heard, today’s St. Paddy’s day, so I figured I’d share a prayer that I’ve used for years when...
The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Nov 24, 2016
- 1 min
A Thanksgiving Blessing
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love...
- Jan 23, 2015
- 1 min
The Spirit In You Knows the Truth
That hopeful feeling you experience when someone tells you that God is better than you’ve been taught is the Holy Spirit moving. I know a...
- May 14, 2014
- 2 min
When Praise is a Sacrifice
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. ~...
- May 6, 2014
- 4 min
Prayers of Faith
Earlier this year, I did a series of posts on why God doesn’t answer prayers. My reason for writing the posts was to push back against...
- Apr 23, 2014
- 7 min
Fighting God
If you are a Christian who takes the bible seriously, there will often come a point where you feel hamstrung by the bible. You may be...
- Apr 20, 2014
- 2 min
A Prayer for Easter Morning
We come to you today as a family of the broken, the humbled, the weak and the victorious. We have walked down dark paths and through dark...
- Apr 3, 2014
- 1 min
Prayer of St. Francis
Just some old timey religion for your Thursday morning! #christianity #prayer #christianspirituality #spirituality #Stfrancis #religion
- Mar 31, 2014
- 1 min
It’s OK To Say . . .
It’s OK to say to God, “I don’t know how to do what you’re asking me to do. I don’t know how to be loving or kind or patient or...
- Jan 21, 2014
- 7 min
Meditate Like Jesus
What if I told you that I held the secret to meditating like Jesus did? And that I have been practicing it with amazing results for 15...
- Nov 25, 2013
- 3 min
Take Courage
I think courage is a terribly underappreciated virtue. There’s a tendency to see courage as something a soldier or a superhero needs to...
- Nov 5, 2013
- 2 min
What God Told Me Yesterday
“I want you to know I never believed the things people said about you. Those people who said they could see better than you could what...
- Nov 1, 2013
- 3 min
People Are People
This week we’ve been looking at common reasons that God doesn’t answer our prayers. Today we’ll look at the problem of people. As in...
- Oct 30, 2013
- 5 min
Reality is Reality
Especially when I was younger, I was prone to saying prayers that amounted to “God, please don’t let reality be reality.’ I would not...
- Oct 29, 2013
- 4 min
God Plays the Long Game
Let’s take a quick look at things from God’s perspective. 17 billion years ago or so, God set this creation into motion. Presumably when...
- Oct 28, 2013
- 4 min
Let’s Talk About Unanswered Prayer
A while ago I shared a story about a woman who needed potatoes. To make potato salad. And apparently she needed a lot of potatoes. ...
- Oct 21, 2013
- 2 min
Bookend Your Days
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. -Psalm 63:6 Today I’m sharing the last of my top 5 slacker...
- Oct 18, 2013
- 3 min
Use Your Wandering, Waiting Mind Well
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar...
- Oct 17, 2013
- 4 min
Practicing the Presence of God
God is not very far from any one of us, for it is in God that we live and move and have our very being. – Acts 17:27 I’ve been making...
- Oct 16, 2013
- 5 min
Expand Your Concept of Prayer
If you listen to non-Christians talk about Christians, probably the most common criticism is that Christians do a very bad job of living...