Sleep–It Does More Than We Imagine
My husband, Tim, falls asleep most nights in approximately 11.3 seconds. No joke! Not me. I am among the millions who find getting a good night’s sleep a challenge. It’s been a journey like no other. Plagued …
The Hard Work of Rest
I learned many years ago that resting well is not static. It’s a moving target, constantly evolving. For me, that’s what makes rest hard work. It requires attention, diligence and commitment to the ever changing seasons and chapters of …
Love. It Makes a Difference
Love, some say, is spelled time. I think it sometimes is. This fall I came across a story I knew I wanted to share this February as we prepare for Valentine’s Day. I found it in Greg …
The Big Top Ten
God keeps things pretty simple for us. He’s aware of our capacity and our overload. Recently I stumbled across an attempt to communicate the Ten Commandments to my children when they were little. After many years, re-reading …
3 Questions for Sabbath Keepers
Are you short-changing your Sabbath Keeping? Here are 3 questions to ask yourself this week. What does God have for me in this day, through this day of rest? What do I have for Him in this …
A Wedding and a Funeral
To prioritize rhythm in 2016 requires a funeral and a wedding. The Funeral We need to decapitate the faulty beliefs that chain our soul to the moral superiority of overload. The Wedding We need to step into …
The Benjamin Blessing for 2016
Final words and blessings are meant to propel us into the future anchored to a truth that is meant to transform. Such is the case in Deuteronomy 33, as the Israelites are positioned to cross into the Promised …
What’s in a Name?
This post comes from Beth Ortstadt, who writes from Wichita, Kansas, where she will be spending a quiet Christmas with her family. Have you had an opportunity to enjoy a display of artwork at a local elementary …
Of Drool and Delight
Leviticus 28 is not well-known devotional reading. Glance at it and the word tedious comes to mind. God goes into intricate detail of how Moses was to oversee the crafting of the Ark of the Covenant. God …