Redemption is ongoing because God loves and is profoundly active right here, on the sacred ground of our lives.

God never says no. God never leaves us without something.

Expect, find, and use that something.

My suffering and the suffering of so many others leaves us all asking, and rightly so, where is God in this?

I know where.

There is treasure we can receive because of what God can do within us in the midst of suffering.

God seems to show up for others in grand ways! Where’s my grand way? And as we nurse our wounds and review all those times “God didn’t show up,” we’re not realizing just how shut our doors are.

How can you work with God in the space between perception and action to shed what’s toxic and bring life to yourself and those around you?

Our acknowledgment of God’s presence within us, loving, comforting, encouraging, informing is the match to the flame.

We are mistaken if we look for God only in the removal of suffering. God is there, here, in the midst of suffering!

How does God provide what a parent does not?

What might have happened if Mary hadn’t accepted Jesus’ healing, if she had refused to do the work necessary to become a resilient, strong, healed woman?

Help me to be fierce in my commitment to keep my past from harming my present.

Dealing with memory gives us the opportunity to live our lives more authentically and more in control.