Make Prayer Beautiful

Specific Gratitude for Specific Gifts 23.09.2026 10:25 ↓

A place to dance and worship; things to occupy the time; a new heart to pray.

Closing Out the Recovery Time and Heading Home 22.09.2026 10:33 ↓

Sticker books, Chipotle rice, walking, twinges of pain … covered and protected.

Recovery: Solutions, Blueberries, Iron Man, and Flannel Pants 21.09.2026 10:23 ↓

Lots of rest and not much else.

Amazing Medical Inventions (Dissolving Sutures! Tape That Falls Off When Its Work Is Done!) 19.09.2026 9:19 ↓

Staying in the post-op room, finding sustenance, and perfect timing.

An Hour for Pre-Op, an Hour Getting Anesthetized, More Than an Hour for Surgery 18.09.2026 6:49 ↓

Finishing out our first 24 hours away from home (and processing through the experience).

Changing Best Practices in Life-Threatening Surgery 17.09.2026 9:43 ↓

Who first experimented to figure out how to have better outcomes? (The amazing advances in medicine.)

No One Wants to See a Child in Pain 16.09.2026 9:28 ↓

A few hours of uncertainty about where we were in the process … but apparently not close to dead yet.

The Kindness of Strangers (Or: Don't Go to the Hospital Without a Phone Power Cord) 15.09.2026 7:58 ↓

The initial, disorienting hours at the hospital.

My First Trip to the ER for Something Not Visibly Wrong 14.09.2026 6:51 ↓

We've had two broken bones and one need for stitches after hours, but our overall experience with intense medical needs has been quite minimal.

Growing in Relationship with God … or Missing Relationship with God 12.09.2026 5:59 ↓

So thankful that the Lord draws us to himself.

Once I Have a Sense of Following God, the Willingness to Pursue That Course 11.09.2026 6:47 ↓

The point of life is not to be free of drama.

Willingness to Live in Unusual Circumstances 10.09.2026 8:53 ↓

Missionaries do so around the globe; we did so in central Virginia.

Many Options for Creativity and Learning 09.09.2026 9:19 ↓

Books, audios, resolving boredom in productive ways.

"That's Not a Moral Issue" 08.09.2026 7:08 ↓

A blessing for the challenges of decision-making.

Thinking About What It Means to Be "Seriously Intense" 07.09.2026 8:02 ↓

And what does it say about people who listen to me, or read what I write?

An Excellent Question About Praying Against the Darkness 05.09.2026 9:18 ↓

What does this mean?

When Revelation Doesn't Seem Quite As Clear As We'd Prefer 04.09.2026 6:12 ↓

Then intuition and impressions might be enough … and a lot of asking for wisdom.

Relationships, Plateaus, and Ever-Increasing Intimacy 03.09.2026 7:57 ↓

Reflecting on the nature of relationships.

A Sense of a Plateau in the Spirit 02.09.2026 8:23 ↓

Lack of hearing clearly, a sense of separation … what does it look like to walk with God when he seems distant?

My Surprise Realization About Stewardship 01.09.2026 7:13 ↓

Not just a service to benefit clients; not just donations … another, hidden benefit I hadn't considered.

A Spontaneous Prayer: The Lord Blesses the Righteous 31.08.2026 6:48 ↓

I'm saying it and singing it, but do I believe it?

A Fun Idea About Health and Longevity 29.08.2026 7:48 ↓

Dan Sullivan's plan to live to 156 … a bit tongue-in-cheek, but also a delightful thinking exercise.

Asking the Lord for His Thoughts About Different Projects 28.08.2026 10:42 ↓

A brand-new idea, and so satisfying!

Hacking Back the Poison Ivy … Spiritually and Literally 27.08.2026 8:59 ↓

Praying again for things we've prayed through already.

Eating Humble Pie and Polishing the Silver 26.08.2026 11:46 ↓

Recognizing the reality of proof-reading not as well as I would wish … and new solutions. (So thankful.)