Accept no substitutes
May he give you the desire of your heartand make all your plans succeed.May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God.May the Lord grant all your requests.Psalm 20:4–5 Quick: What was the second-largest peacetime gathering...
A Lenten journey: God’s truth in a consumer culture
by Kathy Holliday | 5-minute read This year’s Lenten season finds me with more discretionary time, which has been a bonus for my devotional life. Redeeming my lack of follow-through on last year’s good intentions, I’ve been using a 2020 devotional guide to focus...
Lessons from the Desert
by Mary Harker | 3-minute read Growing up, my church did not emphasize Lent. To me, Lent meant we had macaroni and cheese and fish sticks in the school cafeteria because the Catholic kids couldn’t eat meat, or that they (the Catholic kids) gave up eating candy from...
Letters to Myself in February
by Jessi Uran | 1-minute read Are we back here again? The short but gruesome season Of cold that burns more than skin, But reaches frozen fingers inward And incinerates the heart of hope? Is it impossible to write? To find order, Rhythm or song in things like...
