Spotlight Interview: Ray Ortland finds good news rock bottom
Where is God in our pain? When the bottom drops out and you finally discover a new rock bottom, is God really near to the brokenhearted?…
God-mothers
God-mothers If you are not a mom, you might be tempted to tune out Mother’s Day. Or perhaps, the day is just about planning—with cards purchased…
Spotlight Interview: Ellie Holcomb reminds us that Spring Sings
Spring sings! Think about that for just a moment— all the ways in which Spring sings to us. Artist, author and musician, Ellie Holcomb joined me…
The Jesus Nut
Jesus is literally in the headlines: ‘“Jesus nut” could be the key clue in Hudson River helicopter crash.’” The story about the recent helicopter crash in…
A Prayer for Palm Sunday: Turn our Eyes to Jesus
Turn our eyes upon Jesus, who indeed is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, and set our hearts on Him as He does for us what we could not do for ourselves – offer You a living sacrifice that is truly holy and acceptable in Your sight.
Spotlight interview: A special conversation with Carmen’s mom, RuthAnn Melzer
My mom, RuthAnn, finished her career as a university professor. She’s a published author. She had a TV show on PBS for 14 years. She’s an…
A prayer for the discouraged
This is an excerpt from the new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book by signing up for Carmen’s monthly…
Podcast Playlist: Lent
Our Christian faith hangs on the reality of the empty tomb (1 Corinthians 15:12ff), and each year, for centuries, believers have been preparing themselves to celebrate…
Spotlight interview: John Dickson on resurrecting the oldest known hymn for the Church today
What’s the oldest hymn you love to sing? I can still hear my grandmother Robina singing the Old Rugged Cross. Even though she died when I…
Lord, have mercy
“Lord, have mercy! I need you.” “Christ have mercy, they need you – now.” Do you know this cry? It is known historically as the Kyrie…
Lenten prayer of hope
Prepare our hearts This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through…
