More than a Shovel
Psalm 46's command to "be still" carries a Hebrew word — raphah — that means releasing the grip, not relaxing the mood, and the snow that blocked the car one Sunday morning started to teach me the difference.
Brad Powers
Block by Block
When prayer won't come, it is easy to treat that as a sign something has gone wrong. A reflection on Romans 8:26–30 and what the Spirit is doing in the silence.
Cake or Bread?
We don't always know the difference between bread and stone. A reflection on Luke 11:1–13 and what it means to bring a request to God with open hands.
Full of Thirst
If the words won't come, or the words feel empty — that does not mean prayer has failed. A reflection on Psalm 63 and what it means when the thirst itself is the prayer.
Paul's Mirror
Paul is writing from prison, and he knows he will not leave. What he chooses to say with his last words is not what you might expect. A reflection on 2 Timothy 4:1–8 and the question worth asking every day.
The Empty Field
Psalm 67's prayer for blessing has a direction built into it — so that God's ways become known among all nations — and the empty field this morning made that logic visible: the harvest was never meant to stop, it was always seed for the next planting.