At my current stage of life, Easter speaks loudly of the deep hope I have in the grace of God. I still love the trappings and traditions, but the meaning behind them shines through brighter each year.

Do you struggle with having a vibrant prayer life? I do. But then I opened up Psalm 20. . .

Devotional Readings Focused on Psalm 19 and 104 for the Fourth Week of March: Finding Joy in God's Revelation Meditation on God's...

Devotional readings focused on Psalm 18, 23 and 118 for the fourth week of March. Meditation Skip to the Bible readings and reflection...

Devotional readings focused on Psalm 17 and 78 for the third week of March. Meditation Skip to the Bible readings and reflection...

Devotional readings focused on Psalm 16, 37 and 131 for the second week of March. Meditation Skip to the Bible readings and reflection...

What Psalms 14 & 15 teach us about evaluating our own lives in the light of God's Word This week, many Christians will celebrate Ash Wednesday. If you were to attend an Ash Wednesday service, you would likely sing a hymn about repentance, participate in prayer and scripture reading describing the forgiveness and restoration offered through Christ, and finally you would go forward and kneel while the pastor drew a small cross on your forehead with a paste made from oil and th

As a young woman, I would read the imprecatory psalms and feel like they were describing a sentiment left over from a less civilized era. Surely the world had outgrown such barbarism! But the wisdom that comes with age and experience has informed my viewpoint: We need to be praying these psalms over our families and our world because evil is real. But so is God's grace!

The older I get, the easier I fall into a pattern of thinking that life is just, well, meh. I seem to have forgotten how to see the wonders of God's amazing creation. Psalm 8 reminds us to live with a sense of awe at God's good gifts all around us.

Do you ever feel like evil is winning? Everywhere I look I see a real-life, lived out conflict between good and evil.

In Psalm 6, David expressed his experience of waiting by asking God, "How long, O Lord?" If that question is on your heart, too, you are not alone.

If you are a parent of young adult children and you are worried about the proliferation of really bad life choices available to your kids in today's culture, this is for you! Psalm 5 gives us a blueprint for praying for the spiritual protection of our children and grandchildren daily.

Jesus says in Matthew, "Come to Me; all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" (11:28, NIV). But for many of us in the midlife season, the idea of actual restful sleep seems like an impossible dream. But did you know that God's word speaks to our sleep quality?

Is midlife a time to be bold or to fade away? Society often overlooks the value of middle-aged women, but God never does!

Being blessed is a good thing! We want it for ourselves, for our husbands, children, grandchildren, parents and friends. But the Biblical definition of blessed goes way beyond having a good life. The Bible tells us that a blessed woman is the one who is steeped in God's word.