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May 22
2 min

Now 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 Waters

Mar 13
2 min

Are 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 taki...

Michelle Joy Waters

Mar 6
1 min

We Have It Backwards

Lent 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 Waters

Feb 21
2 min

How to let go of Negative Thoughts

No 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 thousa...

Michelle Joy Waters

Feb 14
1 min

It's Time to say Goodbye to my Bible

Sadly, 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 fa...

Michelle Joy Waters

Feb 7
2 min

5 Things I Love about the Lord

He'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 ca...

Michelle Joy Waters

Dec 6, 2019
1 min

Protect 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 you...

Michelle Joy Waters

Nov 22, 2019
2 min

All 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 ...

How to Rest (Even with 55 Days til Christmas)

Michelle Joy Waters

Nov 1, 2019
1 min

How 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 thro...

Michelle Joy Waters

Sep 6, 2019
2 min

Want 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 fr...

Are You Tired of School Mornings Already?

Michelle Joy Waters

Aug 23, 2019
3 min

Are 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 Waters

Jul 19, 2019
2 min

Homesick.

All eight of us are coming and going a lot more than usual this summer. Trips with friends, camps, vacations, competitions, a funeral, an...

Michelle Joy Waters

Feb 11, 2019
2 min

Hearing 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 s...

Michelle Joy Waters

Jan 17, 2019
3 min

The 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 Waters

Jan 17, 2019
1 min

The 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 th...

Michelle Joy Waters

Jan 16, 2019
3 min

Planning 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 Waters

Oct 22, 2018
3 min

The 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 ti...

Michelle Joy Waters

Sep 24, 2018
2 min

Power of Prayer Part 2: Obedience

As much as we may not like it, our obedience to God's commands determines how effective our prayers are. "If we would have power in praye...

The Power of Prayer Part 1: Praying in the Spirit

Michelle Joy Waters

Sep 22, 2018
3 min

The Power of Prayer Part 1: Praying in the Spirit

"The prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective" James 5:16. Would you describe your prayer life as powerful? Not many of us w...

Michelle Joy Waters

Sep 18, 2018
4 min

The Posture of Prayer

I can still hear the sweet, elderly voice of one of my early Sunday School teachers saying, "boys and girls, fold your hands, close your ...

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