Michelle Joy WatersMar 292 minHoly Land 2022It's been over a week since we returned from our Holy Land pilgrimage. What an amazing, life changing journey! Many people told me that...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 18, 20212 minStranger Things have happened on Ash WednesdayYesterday wasn't the strangest Ash Wednesday, but it was certainly up there. Twenty-five years ago—Ash Wednesday 1996—Eric got down on...
Michelle Joy WatersNov 30, 20202 minWe Do Not Lose Heart One of my children's all time favorite VBS songs is "We Do Not Lose Heart!" based on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. The littlest ones always...
Michelle Joy WatersMay 22, 20202 minNow What?Here we are. Not much has changed. School ended without any fanfare. We held our breath, waiting for the end of "Zoom Gloom," monitoring...
Michelle Joy WatersMar 13, 20202 minAre You Afraid You've Fallen Behind?As meetings, practices, schools, and travel get cancelled one by one due to the pandemic known as the coronavirus, we find ourselves...
Michelle Joy WatersMar 6, 20201 minWe Have It BackwardsLent is a time to subdue our physical nature in the hope that our oft forgotten spiritual nature will be brought to the surface, refined,...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 21, 20202 minHow to let go of Negative ThoughtsNo one knows exactly how many thoughts we have each day, but it's more than you'd expect: experts say it's up there in the tens of...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 14, 20201 minIt's Time to say Goodbye to my BibleSadly, the time has come. Truth be told, it's long overdue. My beloved Bible—the one that's been with me for the last twenty years—has...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 7, 20202 min5 Things I Love about the LordHe's my PEACE when there is no peace. Jeremiah was having a moment with the leaders of God's people. They were supposed to be lovingly...
Michelle Joy WatersDec 6, 20191 minProtect Your Peace I heard a great interview the other day with former NFL player turned Life Coach Trent Shelton. The two main take aways were: protect...
Michelle Joy WatersNov 22, 20192 minAll About Advent Everyone loves a new beginning. We don't have to wait until the new year to start over; the first Sunday of Advent signals the beginning...
Michelle Joy WatersNov 1, 20191 minHow to Rest (Even with 55 Days til Christmas)Getting past Halloween means one thing and one thing only: we have now entered the holiday season. Most people will white knuckle it...
Michelle Joy WatersSep 6, 20192 minWant Peace? Start Here.I didn't plan to spend three hours yesterday getting X-rays and a cast for my oldest son. But it also didn't send me into some kind of...
Michelle Joy WatersAug 23, 20193 minAre You Tired of School Mornings Already?Ah, back to school. Most moms breathe a sigh of relief as the bus pulls away that first day. But by day four or five, what begins as mild...
Michelle Joy WatersJul 19, 20192 minHomesick.All eight of us are coming and going a lot more than usual this summer. Trips with friends, camps, vacations, competitions, a funeral,...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 11, 20192 minHearing from God"I don't know what God wants me to do." That's something I hear quite a bit. We'd love God to give us clear direction about the big and...
Michelle Joy WatersJan 17, 20193 minThe Purpose of Prayer Preacher, evangelist, and prayer warrior, R.A. Torrey, graduated from Yale Divinity School more than 100 years before I did. He also had...
Michelle Joy WatersJan 17, 20191 minThe Possibilities of Prayer What happens when we pray? We move from the impossibilities of our humanity into the infinite possibilities of His divinity: "with man...
Michelle Joy WatersJan 16, 20193 minPlanning to Pray While many of us have good intentions regarding spending time in prayer, life gets in the way. There's always something competing for our...
Michelle Joy WatersOct 22, 20183 minThe Problems with Prayer Let's face it, we all encounter problems in our prayer life more often than we'd like to admit. Lack of motivation, not committing the...