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My Trauma in the ER: How to Pray During Trials—Psalm 61:1-5

July 28, 2020 by Loree

Are you kidding me?? Me who lives careful about where I go and who I go near because of the littles and elder folk I love—and wear my mask and avoid busy places and sanitize 10x a day. And now they [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: emergency room, never fail, pray the Psalms, prayer, Psalm 61:1-5, trials, Walter brueggeman

Violence and Virus: How To Navigate in the Face of These Unyielding Giants—Psalm 46

May 30, 2020 by Loree

(This photo shared by a dear friend in Minneapolis today) Chaos in the streets strikes fear as we view these disturbing images, yet chaos in the medical field parallels the unrest. In the face of [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Peace, Poetry, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: doctors, fear, Minneapolis, Psalm 46, refuge, riots, social isolation, strength, violence, virus

Five Ways to Make Easter Special in a Strange Time: Psalm 22

April 10, 2020 by Loree

This Sunday smacks me the hardest yet—I’m sad about our Easter traditions. It’s the first time I can’t worship in-person with my church family. And I’m oh so lonely for them. The smiles, the hugs, [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, grace, Israel Trip, Life & Work, Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, Easter, grace, hope, Jerusalem, mercy, Psalm 22

Could You Use a Good Laugh Today? 10 Hilarious and True Facts about Motherhood

May 12, 2018 by Loree

For your Mother’s Day enjoyment, here are my favorite mom facts and quotes modernized with a hashtag: 1.  #Detectivework: Silence is golden unless you have kids. Then it is just suspicious. 2.  [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Poetry, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Raising Boys Tagged: chocolate, encourage, exhaustion, fear, grace, hashtag, hilarious, kids, laugh, love, messy, mother, Mother's Day, Perfect, Philippians 4:7, worry

This Means War: Choose to Refuse (To be a Hater)

August 19, 2017 by Loree

Hate Spills Venomous javelins Like a volcano of destruction, decimating anything in it’s deliberate path. Spewed to elevate belligerent divisives And decimate differents. Tainting rancid our [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Psalm 27:3, Psalm 33:16, Psalm 46:9, War

5 Things We Dare Not Forget When the World Doesn’t Feel Safe Anymore

June 11, 2017 by Loree

As the world reels and groans And terror splatters red, The innocents perish Father’s mourn Mothers weep Brothers cry raw for their lost. Will the madness never end? And the ferris wheel [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Poetry, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: apathy, broken world, Faith, hate, John 16:33, London, murder, music, Paris, terrorism, victory

What to Remember In the Face of the World’s Mass Insanity

July 10, 2016 by Loree

What is wrong with us? Where is the goodness And the patient grace And the love of our fellowman? Bullies degrade Racists divide Murderers in the name of vengeance, Slaughterers for a God I [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: blood, bullies, children, evil, fathers, fear, goodness, grace, grief, mothers, murder, praise, Psalm 68:19, racists, refuge, shelter, storm, thankful, victory, widows

Judas, Rwandan Killers and Me: We are All Traitors

April 4, 2015 by Loree

The gross betrayal of the Tutsi’s in the 1994 Genocide was incomprehensible. The Hutu’s killed the President of Rwanda and ordered all Tutsi’s to be executed. Hundreds of thousands died. Marriages [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: betrayal, Genocide, Hutu, Isa 53:5, Judas, Mt 26:24, Rwanda, sacrifice, Savior, traitor, Tutsi

The Trouble With Christmas

December 20, 2014 by Loree

The laden stores display their wares The windows wink and smile Luring, cajoling, enticing. Want, Want, Want. Television commercials swirl Prices slashed Best deals here Better deals there. We are the [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Poetry, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Christmas, crave, excess, homeless, Jesus, merry-go-round, nativity, need, Proverbs 23:5, shopping, want

What Happens When We Lose Our Purpose?

March 15, 2014 by Loree

  Once forgotten soldiers Now lined row upon row Eternally static Standing at attention. Gathering dust Robbed of function Reduced to objects of interest A silent witness of long dead [Read more...]

Posted in: Ministry, Poetry

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Learn how to rewrite your messy stories one grace at a time. In these 52 devotionals, we share stories of hilarity and hardship to uncover how God transforms our mayhem and invites us to live free.
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