The One Who Prays Has an Agenda
I’ve come here with an agenda. Here is my prayer list. Here are the ones You have answered. I have prayed this one six times, and I have decided it is not worth continuing with, so let us focus on…
Inioluwa Ajenifuja
Marriage Vows: A Lifetime of Knowing You
Growing up, I learned about God through the stories I was taught. Daniel and the lions’ den, Hannah praying for Samuel, David and Goliath, and enough Bible stories to answer questions and feel rather pleased with myself whenever I got…
Our Christianity is Not Passive
What does it mean to live as a Christian? This reflection explores our call to pray, act, encourage one another, and help bear the burdens of those God has placed within our reach.
Chapter 8 and the Vanishing Twinkle
An annotation on Chapter Eight of The Screwtape Letters, exploring the law of undulation, spiritual troughs, God’s love, and choosing to obey when feelings fade
Not Rejected
Rejection comes in different voices, but it rarely tells the whole story. Sometimes it sounds like, “We have decided to move forward with another candidate.” Other times it sounds like, “I don’t think we’re a good fit.” Coming through a phone call, an email, a…
The Warrior on the Battlefield
Prelude As I was writing Dressed to Stand, my mind kept replaying battle scenes after watching one too many historical dramas and war films, scenes filled with raised shields, drawn swords, fastened armor, and the sound of metal colliding on…
Dressed to Stand: Putting on the Armour of God
Ephesians 6:10–18 (KJV) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12 For we wrestle…
Have I Ever Forsaken You?
He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”Mark 4:40 (NIV) It sounds like a reprimand, it reads like a reprimand, it probably is a reprimand. For my Monopoly lovers, you will understand…
Father, Forgive Me as I Forgive
“After this manner therefore pray ye… And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:9-12 KJV There are prayers we learn by memory, and there are prayers we learn by living. The Lord’s Prayer is easy to recite, especially…
The Blood That Bought Us: He is Risen
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is where we left off. So much emotion within a short period of time, though it was a long time in the making it only right that we observe this pause. Saturday is often passed over too quickly,…