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Before the sun rises, before the coffee is made, before your phone lights up with notifications, you are already carrying the weight of the day. Your mind is moving fast, and your chest feels tight. You replay conversations or run through every possible what-if. You are not even out of bed yet, and already the […]
It was late on a Monday night in 2008. I opened up the laptop, and wrote these words: “I want heartburn. I pray that it’s chronic. When I first fell in love with Jesus, it was as if God lit a match in my heart and said, OK, watch this. Let’s see what happens next. […]
Most people wouldn’t have bothered naming her. After all, she was not a person, or even a four-legged friend. She was a house – a gigantic, white-sided, black-shuttered hulk of a house with no cells or DNA or alveoli. Yet somehow? She had a heartbeat. They all knew that for sure. And, the way they […]
5 Ways to Pray When You Feel Too Stressed to Pray By Bonnie Gray I didn’t know that I was hiding. I’ve always been good at praying. Or so I thought. My daddy left when I was seven. I’ve always looked to God as my Father, my provider. I didn’t realize God wanted to be more […]
I feel an old anxiety rising up in me, as I tap at these computer keys. Maybe this is how a recovering alcoholic would feel if she walked into a dimly lit tavern, where ice cubes clink against glass and the bartender counts out the glug-glug-glugs from a tipped bottle. Someone else will have to […]