Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  – James 1:2-4 When we don’t feel good, when we’re in the middle of a sticky relational situation, […]

I am tired and my heart wants to feel awake again, to feel—joy, hope, expectancy, overwhelming gratefulness— the lighter ways of the soul that have been overshadowed by dread and fear and the daily struggle of holding to faith. You know, my God, my Helper, Strong Tower. No good thing will You withhold from those […]