Observing the season of Lent appears to be fading from our Christian culture. Although some still give something up to prepare for Easter, the practice is becoming superficial. Listen to this week’s episode of Longing for More to learn why it is…
Sometimes we don’t realize that our pain and struggles are gifts until we look back on them years later. Jesus has much bigger plans for us than we can imagine. Sadly, we often cling to the familiar not realizing they are the very things that hold us…
They say you can’t go back to the past. That once you’ve moved on, you should never look back. I get it. Even though I have never been one to long for those days gone by, I do get nostalgic about some memories. But it can be a slippery slope, can’t it? There are the…
Do you have a tendency to separate your faith life from our “real” life? Do you guard how and when you disclose your true feelings about your beliefs out of fear or self-doubt? Do you find your work unfulfilling? If you responded yes to any of…
We are an impatient society. We want what we want and we want it now, right? So it can be so frustrating when we ask God for something that we really want. Not a new car or something frivolous, but something that’s really important. Maybe it’s a healing of some sort. Or in the case…
Are you living your faith? That’s a tough question, I know. Truly, what does it even mean to live your faith? There are so many ways we can approach the answer to that, but for now, I want to focus on two primary ways to measure it. Are you at peace with your life? And…
There are many ways to respond when we have to wait for God’s answer to our prayers. We can get angry. We can walk away from our faith. Or as in the case of this week’s guest on Longing for More, we can write a book about our experience. In her book, In God’s Timing,…
Have you ever imagined what it must have felt like to be David standing in front of Goliath armed with only a slingshot and a few stones? No armor. Not sword. Just a boy with enough courage and faith to stand up to the giant in front of him. Something no one else in the area…
You know the story, but have you ever thought about the story behind the story and what lessons we can take from David facing Goliath? In this week’s episode of Longing for More we talk about: how to prevent fear from stopping us from doing what we…
We all have a calling or a purpose in life. The reason we were created and the thing we are meant to be doing. That calling is to serve and honor God or live out our faith. The beautiful thing about it is that we can do that wherever we are in the…