A good number of the psalms, such as the psalms of lament, deal with the personal trials and tribulations of the psalmist. They are the prayers of an anguished heart. Psalm...

What was the last straw for Job’s wife? When we meet her in chapter 2, she and her husband have already sustained unimaginable losses. Their children have been killed, meaning no...

A college student once told me that he had undergone a certain rite of passage. “Now that I’m old enough, my mom is sharing all the family secrets with me,” he...

Jesus loves us fiercely. God hears the cries of the brokenhearted and of those whose voices have been silenced. God feels the pain of those who are being rejected and forgotten....

One of the great joys I experienced during the three years I served as a chaplain with the YMCA was the opportunity to work alongside spiritual leaders from many denominations and...

My grandmother Lester was a woman of prayer. She included a saying in her prayers that family members have continued throughout the years: “This is what we’re praying for, and now...

Something beautiful happens when people come together to pray. In moments of gratitude and joy, it is easy to sing praises. And in moments of seeking or sorrow or struggle, our...

Do you ever find yourself desperately praying for help? Do you ever feel like you need God to be on your side or you simply won’t survive? David served as the...

I am encouraged when people share their everyday experiences of God. I think of these as glory sightings—the simple and powerful ways people have seen or experienced God at work in...

There may be no moment that requires as much humility and vulnerability as the moments we realize the choice we have to make may cost us more than we would ever...