He Upholds Us When We Fall
Listen. Savor. Respond to God. “The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all those who are bowed down.” Psalm 145:14 We were in a long season of exhaustion and I had lost hope we would ever…
Renewing our View of God
It’s easy for us to view God through the grimy lens of our own imperfect parents. Honestly, it makes sense. It’s the only lens of love we’ve got. But the problem is that we have a horrible tendency to…
Invitation to the With-God Life
Listen. Savor. Pray. Are you feeling thirsty for more of the with-God abiding life? Here’s my story and why practicing God’s Presence has become one of the chief desires of my life: https://www.athirstforgod.com/tag/practicing-the-presence-of-god/ AND, by the way, did you know…
Keys to Overcoming Fear of Rejection
Every Tuesday we have a lectio divina taken straight from next week Sunday’s lectionary. It’s a sort of appetizer. If there’s a second lectio in the week, I get to choose! It’s sometimes a scripture that I know…
Four Simple Ways to Deepen your Lectio Divina Practice
Did you know that Tuesday’s lectio divina video always corresponds to the next Sunday’s scripture if you’re in a lectionary-based church? Want to get it slipped into your inbox? Would you like to join our private Facebook group to share…
What Jesus Says to your Fear *SLOW Word video*
Ever sense you can already feel the spray from an impending circumstance, like Peter overwhelmed by that coming wave? * Anticipation becomes worry. The worry deepens. * You stand on the water and watch the swells and can’t help but…
Matthew 13:1-8 Lectio Divina *Slow Word*
Come sit on the dock with me? We’re listening to the Parable of the Sower with a view of Bar Harbor, ME just down from this week’s vacation house. *Pinch me!* Bar Island is over my right shoulder. In order…
The Key to Real Refreshment & *SLOW Word*
Hello dear friends, I’ve packed up the SLOW Word lectio divinas in my suitcase and you’re coming on vacation with me! This scripture is the perfect place to start and happens to be Sunday’s lectionary. Bonus! Join me weekly for a…
#Mondays at Jesus’ Feet
Today our lectio divina leads us to Jesus’ words warning the disciples that persecution is coming. He said that they would have to take up their cross, to die in order to find Life. I remember that first time my…
A Promise for the Overwhelmed *SLOW Word Video*
Hi friend, come join the SLOW Word Movement and subscribe on the right. Come listen. Come Rest. Come be renewed. “You’re my place of quiet retreat. I wait for Your Word to renew me,” Psalm 119:114