I’m excited to go to church. I’ve woken early, driven 45 minutes down the highway, and arrived at church with time to shake the greeters’ hands, make small talk in the foyer, and find a comfortable seat. How very spiritual of me. I listen to great worship music, engage with a thoughtful and informative speaker, and  leave with the five-hundred...

I’d been praying for a husband for a long time. In fact, I adapted Hannah’s request for a son in I Samuel 1:11 to my situation: "O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a [husband], then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his...

“Fill ‘er up.” “Yes, sir.” As a high school student, my first job was a mystifying experience. I was officially a gas emissions technician, but you would recognize me as the guy walking up to your car to fill your gas tank.  If you were really nice, I might have even washed your windows. “Hey, can you check the fluids?” What...

Have a specific prayer on your heart this Lent season? Share your requests with a mentor. For many of us, our churches have moved away from the more austere traditions of the past. Our pastors don’t wear suits.  Our worship teams have drummers and you can download a podcast of the sermon.   In many ways church has become more relaxed and...

If you are a military member and would like some prayer, we are ready to listen and pray. My daughter and I were flying to a family wedding in Pennsylvania and were waiting for a connecting flight in the Atlanta airport. We sat and observed the people as they passed. Most were laughing and visiting with family and friends as they too, waited...

My house has been foreclosed! After years of negotiating and trying to keep up with our repayment plan, we have lost the house we fought so hard to keep.  Our mortgage payment continued to escalate along with other bills throughout the last few years.  My husband of 10 years and I have two precious daughters ages 3 and 5.  It seems like we could...

Your wife is like an automobile. She may be high maintenance like an Italian sports car. She might be as refined and expensive as a German luxury sedan. She may be solid and sturdy like an SUV, or delicate like a Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance show car. She could be an efficient six-cylinder type, or be a faster but costlier V-8 model. She may...