Just like my Daddy!

Today we have a guest post from author Linda Rondeau. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.  And by him we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15 NIV) Not able to have children of their own, my son and...

I bury myself in my busyness…

Do you have this problem too? When I take time in the morning to spend time with God, to come to the waters and drink, I feel and know the Lord with me throughout the day. But there’s this stubborn person inside of me that doesn’t want to do that. Instead...

Entertain me

Today we have a guest post from author Gloria Clover. This devotion is late coming to Phyllis because I’m an American with an American problem. I love to be entertained. I love to read. I love to watch movies. I love to do word games and jigsaw puzzles, and it...

I got the joy…joy…joy

Today we have a guest post from author Lillian Duncan. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. (1 Peter 1:8) I don’t know about you, but I want some...

Who is in charge of your day?

I’m in a Bible study of the Gospel of Mark now, using materials written by theologian Tim Keller. In the first chapter of Mark, we are challenged to consider what we learn about the Kingdom of God by reading what Jesus is doing. Jesus is healing those who come...

From black to green thumb

Today we have a guest post from author Naty Matos. For the longest time I wanted to have the same ability my mother had with plants. My mother could grow anything, but I have the ability to kill a cactus. I have kept trying to do better, different things without...

An email from God

Today we have a guest post from author Ann Lee Miller. See free book offer below. An e-mail from God showed up in my in-box last November, during a year I strained to wring out the deeper novel my literary agent was convinced I had in me. I needed to scrape out my...

More than religion

Today we have a guest post from writer Jennifer Slattery. When my daughter was young, I spent a great deal of time shining up the inside and outside of our house. I wrapped so much of who I was in what others could see. Pretty ugly, huh? God thoughts so, and as I grew...

Have you ever had a dream?

Today we have a guest post from author Morgan Busse. Have you ever had a dream? I had a dream that started eight years ago, a dream to become a writer. It took a while to write a book. I was a mother of young children then, and the wife of a pastor to boot. I would...