Pause+Pray

The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write

Reflect Once a year, we celebrate our veterans. We tell veterans we meet, “Thank you for your service.” Yet for many of these same veterans, each day is an experience of isolation and alienation. As one veteran said to me, ...

Jesus knows what it feels like to be abandoned, to be cast out by friends, to be left alone to pick up the pieces.

Jesus told his follows: “You are the light of the world. . . . Your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father” (Mt 5:14, 16). With humility, you can claim ...

Jealousy can creep into our lives so quickly. One moment we are admiring another’s gifts, and the next we are envious of them.

Today consider the words from Psalm 116: 1–2: “I love the Lord, who listened to my voice in supplication, who turned an ear to me on the day I called.”