When You Long for God’s Comfort
God has interesting ways of catching my attention. Some weeks ago, I was memorizing the first lines of Malcolm Guite’s reflection on Psalm 49: “Where Christ himself is there to…
Praying in Hope When There’s Hell on Earth
Snatching an hour of sunshine, I sit on a bench beneath maple trees, feeling the breeze gentle on my face, the light’s warm fingers caressing my shoulders. The sun-warmed tang…
Hope When You’re Stretched Thin
The night before my first trip into the little village in Afghanistan that became my home for four years, as I prayed, terrified, my reading contained these words: “Arise, my…