Devotions
Just Your Presence Is Enough
We hear in today's First Reading a handful of times when God said something—let there be water, earth, humankind—and that thing happened. He spoke, and His words were life-giving. They...
The World Outside My Control
Tempting as it is to let the rereading of the first words of Genesis 1:1-19 wash over me like an oft-repeated fairy tale, I know that these words that begin...
Wait for the Dawn
“Wait for the dawn. Let’s wait together for the dawn.” These are the words I felt Jesus speaking to my heart in prayer. Like poor Job in our First Reading...
Come Away and Rest Awhile
Who is Jesus to you? I wanted to say, “He’s my Lord, my Life, my Love,” but instead I lamely answered: “He’s my boss.” I am in ministry, so technically...
Great Steward or Great Consumer?
“Do you know that that’s a sin?” she asked. “What are you talking about?” I said. “If you have so much stuff that you can’t take care of it properly...
Are You Afraid of God?
When you think of God, are you “terrified and trembling” like Israel in today’s First Reading? Maybe you have kept God at arm’s length because you have been told you...
Living in Endurance
Baking and praying. This is how I cope. I realize this as I sift and mix, wiping flour from my fingertips. Recently bad news seems to accompany every phone call...
Prayer in a Whole New Way
There we were, in my parents’ backyard which was also the backyard of our church. The band was on the wooden stage built for summer worship gatherings just like this...
Best Exorcism in Scripture
This image in Mark’s Gospel of Jesus seizing “Legion” and casting him into the swine is a scene straight out of a horror film. You can practically hear the swine...
Let God Destroy Your Fear
When I was a little girl, I was afraid of a lot—being alone, strangers, the dark, and, if family pictures are to be believed, Santa Claus and snowmen. Above all,...
Greater than Our Storms
It is unbelievable but also deeply comforting to hear Jesus calm the storm with only a few words. It is also terrible and difficult to hear Jesus calm the storm...
Walk With Him
We cannot run from suffering if we commit to walk with Christ. It's a lesson in love that I come back to daily and it's one I fall more in...
