Spending time with God doesn’t have to feel complicated or out of reach. Whether you’re trying to build a consistent prayer habit, understand what it means to draw near to God, or simply make room for Him in your everyday life, these articles offer practical encouragement to help you grow closer to Him—one ordinary day at a time.
If you’ve read the first two articles in this series, you know my quiet time hasn’t always looked the way it does today. We talked about how I stopped treating it like another task to accomplish and started seeing it as time with Someone I wanted to know better. Then we talked about why my … Read more
People sometimes ask what my quiet time actually looks like. If you’d asked me that same question twenty years ago, my answer would have been completely different. Over the years, my quiet time has changed more times than I can count—not because God changed, but because my season of life did. That’s one of the … Read more
Have you ever wanted to spend time with God…and somehow never gotten around to it? Building a consistent quiet time isn’t usually about finding more time. Maybe you planned to get up a little earlier. Maybe you carried your Bible to the kitchen table with your coffee or left it open on the counter the … Read more
If we’re being honest, there are moments when prayer feels like a waste of time. Not because we don’t believe in it. Not because we don’t care. But because life is full, our minds are busy, and sitting quietly with God can feel like the least productive thing we could be doing. And if you’ve … Read more
How Do You Define Worship? When you hear the word worship, what comes to mind? Is it the music portion of Sunday morning before the pastor steps up to preach?The lights dim. The lyrics go up. We sing three songs. And then we move on. But does worship really matter? Or has it become something … Read more
If you know me at all, you know I love Jesus—and I love His Word, the Bible. I’ve spent decades studying this great book, and still, every time I open it, I learn something new. Recently, I joined a Bible study on Ezekiel called An Unexpected Revival: Experiencing God’s Goodness Through Disappointment and Doubt. Yikes. … Read more
Prayer. Not a formula. Not a checklist. Not just for mealtime or emergencies. For me, prayer is communication with God — and it has changed my life. Recently I was flipping through an old prayer journal — over 20 years old 😲 — and I couldn’t believe how desperate some of those entries were. I … Read more