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5 Ways to Pray | Articles

article | December 4, 2020

When you receive a job offer . . . When your health results come back as questionable . . . When you need to decide on your future plans, moving or school or working . . . When you did something you’re …

Should I Raise My Hands During Worship? | Articles

article | May 20, 2019

See if you can figure out where I am in each of these two scenes. Scene 1: The music is loud. The crowd seems to pulse with excitement. Most of our hands are up. We sing louder and louder. We reach higher …

Untangle Twisted Relationships: When Women’s Friendships Become U | Articles

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article | September 10, 2018

“Ellen, we never saw ourselves as gay, but we have never been in love with another person in this way.” This was how Beth1, a woman in her forties, described her affair with Anna, a young grad student who began coming to …

Kick Bitterness to the Curb! | Articles

article | October 26, 2018

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God (Heb. 12:15). That sentence ought to make us sit up and pay attention. If God’s grace is available for the taking (and it is!), I don’t want to miss …

How to Fend Off Ministry Burnout | Articles

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article | January 21, 2019

I sat in my pastor’s office, crying. “It’s too much. I just can’t do it all,” I cried, while swiping tears away. Our church was in a transitional season where church members needed to pitch in more than ever. I loved my …

Best Of: What Is True Friendship? | Articles

article | January 8, 2013

I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was in the seventh grade. I had just dialed in the combination to my locker when an avalanche occurred. Someone had filled my locker to the brim with hygiene products. When I opened …

Cry Out #5: The Mighty Roar of Prayer | Articles

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article | October 29, 2020

Lately I have been hearing from many women that they are feeling overwhelmed by the attacks of the enemy on their ministries, marriages, or children. The war in the heavenlies that we are told about in Ephesians 6:12 seems to be raging …

Thanksgiving . . . or Thanksliving? | Articles

article | November 10, 2014

"Thanksgiving really should be thanksliving—a way of life—day in, day out, morning, noon, and night—continually, forever giving thanks to the Lord." ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss Such a lifestyle is depicted in Ps. 92:1–2, "It is good to give thanks to the LORD, …

3 Reasons to Read Old Dead Guys This Year | Articles

article | January 23, 2017

I hate to be bossy, but mind if I make two suggestions for your new year? Make a reading list. Make sure at least two books written by old, dead guys (or gals) make the list. If you’re like me, the classics …

For the Girl Whose Hope Is Gone | Articles

article | May 25, 2020

He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes; my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord.” Remember my …