Holy Spirit

Fresh Start: Get a Fresh Spirit for 2021

I love January because it represents fresh starts. All possibilities are open. Usually at this early point in the year, I haven’t made too many glaring mistakes or committed a hoard of selfish sins yet. Of course, as a Christ-follower, I can confess sin and receive fresh power of the Holy Spirit any time of […]

Puffball Seeds of Prayer

You never know when God will intersect your everyday with something sacred. Even something as simple as a dandelion. The other day I was walking out to the mailbox and glanced down. Lying at my feet was a perfect puffball of a dandelion gone to seed. Detached from its root, it was resting on my blacktop driveway […]

i pray: divine appointments

i pray short podcasts to bring the sacred into your everyday Do you only have a few minutes for prayer today? You’re in the right place! Try one of our new i pray podcasts. A few minutes is all you need to pray God’s word into any situation by interceding for friends, family, and yourself.

Back to School: Pack a Lunch

To Do-ers List: Back to School, Pack a Lunch When my sisters and I were little girls, my mom taught us how to pack our lunch for school. With four daughters, a husband, and a full-time job, she needed to take a few tasks off of her to-do list! So every day I had to […]

Soul Care for Intercessors

The best gifts that people can give are those that involve some type of sacrifice — of time, money, or creativity. While you may have never thought of it like this before, prayer is a gift to others and like any gift, it extracts something from the giver. Those who regularly intercede are constantly standing […]

The 12 Days of Thanks Giving: Day 4, God’s Word

Day 4: God’s Word “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 God’s word [wurd] noun 1. the Bible. We would not get very far without God’s Word. In Genesis 1:3 God speaks creation into being. The whole universe comes together at His words. Sun, moon, […]