Posts tagged “Hope”
Stress facilitates growth
The University of Arizona owns a biosphere that allows scientists to study how plants grow in a controlled environment. One of the first observations…
Let go of regret
In her book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, Amy Morin lists how someone can get stuck in their past: You wish you…
God is with us
Life continues day in and day out, morning and evening. Seasons emerge and fade. Leaves color and fall and then months later slowly emerge….
A conversation with God
Here’s an honest conversation with God: “When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was…
Jesus is worth it!
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God” (Acts 16:25). That’s nice, isn’t it? A neat little story about a…
Quiet; be still
I’ve never been in a boat in rough water. Have you? I almost drowned when I was about ten, so choppy water makes me…
How could a good God allow so much suffering?
The problem of evil and suffering is the most challenging indictment against the Christian faith. The question is straightforward: How could a good God…
Spiritual food
What is the most unique thing you have ever eaten? Let me take you to the island of Antigua. I was there on a…
Telling the future
My husband and I were walking in downtown Madison, WI, and passed a man who held a cardboard sign that read, “Tarot Readings.” I…
The most powerful antidepressant
Dr. Dale Archer, an American psychiatrist, once claimed that if he could package hope and hand it out, it would be better than any…
Hope for the future
I just love it when my seed catalogs arrive in the mail this time of year! I like to take a day—in the deepest,…
Living hope
I listened to a story that broke my heart. A relatively young woman was recounting when her husband received a terminal diagnosis and only…