The Good Day

We may be familiar with the phrase, "If you pray for flowers, be prepared to deal with a little mud." But, what if we're looking at the mud all wrong? What if it's not the necessary evil this phrase implies but actually what can awaken our souls to a rebirth and a deeper promise before us? I think that's what childhood faith is all about. As adults, we're tempted to dismiss it as icky mud, but chi...

Nichole Suvar is helping us apply God's word to the current setbacks and disappointments we're facing as she shares her reflection of Psalm 89 with us. Nichole is a recovering perfectionist and intentional living strategist who lives in the Midwest US, with her husband and their three teenage children. She seeks to encourage others to take small moments of each day to intentionally seek after Jesu...

My friend, Susan Davidson, is sharing her reflection of Psalm 82 with us. As she does, I pray John's words become the cry of our hearts together. When we face injustice, may we learn to steward our suffering well by praying fervently, "Come, Lord Jesus, come!" Susan Davidson, in her own words, is a simple country girl at heart. She spends a big chunk of her days in a pair of jeans and sneakers, wa...

Mary Beth Powers, is sharing her reflection of Psalm 75 with us and addressing those times when anxiety, fear and depression tag along. What can we do? Mary Beth is passionate about seeing women experience Jesus in a life-changing way. She is a certified speaker and long-time Bible teacher. She currently serves as a connection Pastor at her church and is known for her infectious personality and ca...

In these times when life is more than we can handle, we need a safe place to dwell. We need to be held. My friend, Ashanti Hoskins, is sharing her powerful testimony - how the words of Psalm 68 became reality for her. I have been so inspired by her faithfulness and how she turned to God in one of her most desperate times, and I believe you will be too. Ashanti has been married to her college sweet...

My friend, Marlene Houk, is sharing her reflection of Psalm 61 with us and beautifully tying in the gift her name has been in her adult life and the promise it represents for all of us. Marlene Houk opens doors of truth through her passion to resurrect the stories of women in the Bible. She reveals patterns that lead to biblical thinking and empower emotional healing. Determined to find and apply...

My friend, Theresa Miller, is helping us work through the times when we feel betrayed. Betrayal and the emotions which come is not something we must process alone. Jesus Himself was well acquainted with this same suffering, and He's offering us His peace as balm for our wounds today. Let's lean in together to Psalm 54. Theresa is a transport from the wooded East to the wide open spaces of Wyoming...

My friend, Yvette Walker is joining us today and through her reflection of Psalm 47, she's reminding us of the power of praise not just after we endure the various potholes of life but in the midst of them - in the middle of the confusion and change. Yvette Walker is an award-winning journalist and educator who has been fully awakened in her faith. In living a true, authentic self, she has discove...

My friend, Minnie Lee, is sharing her reflection of Psalm 40 with us and pointing us back to truth in those times when we feel stuck in life's mud and mire, pedaling endlessly but going nowhere. Minnie is a speaker, business advisor, and health & personal finance coach. Her vocational call is to help individuals and organizations take their next step toward healing, growth and sustainability/w...

It's Summer and around here - if you've been here for long, you know, that means it's time to be refreshed as we spend a Summer in the Psalms together. I encourage you to start with us today and read Psalm 33, then read one psalm a day. Each week, check back in with us and a friend of mine will join to offer a reflection from their own personal walk with God. Our faith is deeply personal but God i...

This week we get to hear from a family I respect greatly, The Holder Family. Vance and Kari Holder share of how God built their family partially through adoption, and though God’s timing for growing their family was different than their own, it was all on purpose. They share their experience of raising a child with Down Syndrome to help us see how “we are more alike than different” towards others...

My friend, Megan Wilczek, is joining us to share how God has grown her family through foster care and adoption. It’s so neat to hear how this was not on her radar until she became a follower of Christ. Her eyes were opened and she and her husband chose to trust God as they took steps of obedience in this. Whether it’s adoption or something completely unrelated that God is calling you to do, I enco...

Jenny is the author of Courageously Expecting and contributor for Pregnancy After Loss Support and Her View From Home. She is also the founder of Still Loved , a community which seeks to amplify the voices of loss parents. Jenny is passionate about sharing her experience with pregnancy loss and life after to encourage other women during their own difficult loss journeys. Jenny is sharing her journ...

Samantha Cabrera is the author of The Doctor’s Wife and is joining us to share her battle with mental illness and the impact it has had on her life, both as a wife and a mom. Samantha is also the founder and editor of Calla Press. She is a writer, artist, and certified (7-12) English teacher living in the Texas countryside with her loving husband and their children. She is a strong advocate for me...

Candice R. Reyes is the author of Awake My Soul and also the Executive Director of Hooks2Crook Ministries and the founder of Her Well, which serves to guide survivors of unhealthy sexual relationships to overcome the fear of their past and heal mentally, physically, and spiritually. Whatever pain and trauma is in our past, we’ll learn we must take the time to embrace this pain and process this ful...

Kimberly Stuart is a writer, speaker, podcaster, and dark chocolate obsessive. She is the author of eight novels, which have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Huff Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times . She and New York Times -bestselling author Bob Goff have coached hundreds of aspiring authors through their executive coaching, online courses, podcast, and live events in the San Diego area. Stuart has ma...

Stacee Goetzinger is the author of the book, You Are Worth Saving: Letters of Hope from a Desperate Heart , and is sharing what peace looks like for her in “the middle” of the struggle with anorexia and mental illness. After years of letting an eating disorder and other mental illness challenges “speak” for her, Stacee is passionate about speaking words of life and sharing the hope through resilie...

Lisa Appelo is the author of Life Can Be Good Again , which she wrote from her experience as a recent widow and single mom to seven children. She shares all of the good lessons God is teaching as He is so true and faithful to her and her family. She is joining to offer hope from her journey in this Easter Saturday space of deep grief and despair. Today, we're talking about: Living out the Easter S...

Elisa Morgan was named by Christianity Today as one of the top fifty women influencing today’s church and culture. She has authored over twenty-five books, including the one we're talking about today, When We Pray Like Jesus: Courageously Honest & Fearlessly Abandoned Before God. For twenty years, she has served as CEO of MOPS International and now is President Emerita. You can connect with he...

Mary Jo Pierce is the author of Let It Rise and invites us into her kitchen as she bakes bread to help us experience a deeper intimacy with our Savior through prayer. She’s helping us see how bread and prayer are not as different as they initially seem. As we prepare our hearts for Easter, we remember when Christ laid down His life for us, so that we can rise with Him. The title of her book says i...

Blythe and Calyn Daniel are a mother and daughter who love books and have a mission to strengthen relationships with families and friends. In their book, Let's Be Friends: A Tween Devotional on Finding and Keeping Strong Friendships, Calyn brings the youthful perspective of what trials tweens and teens are experiencing in their friendships today while Blythe shares wisdom of having also endured ch...

Abbey Feldkamp is the International Firebird Award-Winning Author for Best Children's Board Book — Wonderful, Marvelous, Magnificent You. When she’s not writing, she serves as a wife, mom and flower farmer at Sunny Hill Flower Farm where she calls home with the pups, chickens and bees. She lives to create beauty in this world with the talents that God has graciously given her to help children grow...

Erica Renaud is a mom of five and the author of Pray with Me: Help Children Engage in Authentic and Powerful Prayer. She's sharing how she has learned to engage young minds with the truth of scripture and spiritual disciplines in an age-appropriate way so they can know God's peace. Today, we're talking about: Learning “God is enough” and the impact this has on our minds and emotions Teaching kids...

Caris Snider is the author of Anxiety Elephants 31 Day Devotional , a devotion specifically written for tween boys and another for tween girls, as well as the picture book, There’s an Elephant on My Chest . When not writing, Caris speaks in schools to students on coping skills for anxiety and trains teachers on how to help children with anxiety. She is sharing hard-won insight from her own journey...

Keri Eichberger is the author of Win Over Worry , and she's sharing her own journey of being overwhelmed by worry to truly winning. Her own roller coaster of life trials, redeemed by a relationship with the Lord, fueled her desire to help others discover and experience the fullness of life found in Jesus, and she longs for more of us to join her in this victory. Today, we’re talking about: Worry -...