The journey to become Missy’s mama started when I was seventeen years old, when Cindy Whelchel — my best friend in high school — and I led our youth group Bible study through the theme of adoption in Scripture. We made a pact to adopt babies that no one else wanted when we grew up. We were as sincere as…
Jesus Is Enough
Jesus Is Enough Jesus didn’t live an easy life or die an easy death. The glory of Easter was preceded by the sorrow of absolute rejection. Our Redeemer knows what it feels like to be stripped of all comfort and ease. He experienced the betrayal of best friends. He sobbed alone, without a single person…
Permission to Lament
Editor’s Note: It’s Sit & Listen Saturday at Devotionals Daily. Enjoy reading as well as listening to this devotion from No More Faking Fine by Esther Fleece – and don’t miss our exclusive $5 deal on the book! Listen on the blog or on your Alexa device by enabling the skill and then prompting, “Alexa, ask devotionals…
The Declarations That Define Us
One of our favorite Bible teachers, Lisa Harper, is coming to FaithGateway for our next community Online Bible Study (OBS) – Believing Jesus: A Journey Through the Book of Acts – and we’re thrilled to give you an early glimpse today of the first session. You’re going to love it! In this OBS you’ll dive…
Coffee, Books and Bikes with Lisa Harper and Laura Story
Watch the Video for Coffee, Books and Bikes Q & A with Lisa Harper and Laura Story LH: I’m so excited, you’re in my town. It just makes me so happy — I feel like I get to eat french fries and dark chocolate today and I love, love, love this book. This title, When…
Our Very Own “Get Out Of Jail Free” Card
It was a totally normal Sunday. There I was, loitering in the church foyer between worship services, daydreaming about where to go for lunch and how many extra miles I’d have to run if I ate the carbohydrates I was craving, when a woman with flyaway brown hair rushed up beside me. She grabbed my…
The Best Belated Christmas Gift Ever
When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived. Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took Him up to Jerusalem to offer Him to God as commanded in God’s Law: “Every male who…
Jesus and Dangerous Things
Dear Jesus, please give me the wisdom to tell the difference between broken people and biting people. — Lisa Harper There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion. — Francis A. Schaeffer So, I’ve been thinking about dangerous things. Late one Sunday afternoon last summer, I was unloading luggage from a…
Keep On Keeping On
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit. — Psalm 34:18 I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day my dream of being Anna Price’s mom died. I was sitting on the couch with my laptop, returning e-mails when my cell phone rang and I noticed the caller was my adoption…
Jesus and the Gift of Touch
So, today I’ve been thinking about the gift of touch. It is probably because it’s a cold morning, and I’m sitting here by the fireplace, wishing someone else were sitting here with me rubbing my freezing feet. My heart warms up at the mere thought of physical touch. It makes me happy to hold the…