Do you ever have days when you feel suffering like what Job expresses in scripture? If you ever do, know that what you read in Job, and what the Bible acknowledges consistently throughout scripture: sometimes, life is just plain hard.

Joy keeps us tuned to the presence of God in our lives so that when life’s little pleasures come our way, we can enjoy them and be reminded that God is with us, always.

A daily prayer for April 20, 2020.

What an appropriate message for us to hear during these times of social distancing and not being with one another. It can be hard when we aren’t able to see “our people”… And yet, we know that we can all still be connected.

A daily prayer for April 19, 2020.

Can you remember how it felt to first really and truly see that Christ is alive? Have you encountered him in a way in which your heart was sure that the stories were true about him? For many of us, these moments of revelation are few in our lives, but they still hold power.