Transforming Loneliness (BakerBooks, 2021) Ruth Graham’s most recent book carries the title Transforming Loneliness: Deepening Our Relationship with God and Others When We Feel Alone. Ruth, the author of ten books, also founded Ruth Graham Ministries. First, Ms. Graham defines loneliness as “an ache, a deep longing to feel connected, validated, seen, known, and […]
“Loneliness is a wilderness, but through receiving it as a gift, accepting it from the hand of God, and offering it back to Him with thanksgiving, it may become a pathway to holiness, to glory, and to God Himself.”- Elisabeth Elliot In Chapter 1 (“The Pelican in the Wilderness”) of Transforming Loneliness: Deepening Our Relationship […]
“We have the privilege of pursuing God for our new name, which comes with a responsibility to believe what He says about us. He can give us the courage to live out of our new identity.”- Esther Fleece Allen “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? […]
As Max Lucado begins Chapter 6 of Glory Days, he remarks that, for a book about military conquests, Joshua really skimps on battle details. We don’t know the military details because the emphasis in Joshua is not on physical battles, but on a spiritual one. Therefore, the book of Joshua isn’t about claiming land for […]
But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”- Matthew 14:26-27 In Chapter 17 (“God Gets Into Things- Stormy Places”) of Next Door […]
“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.’- Luke 4:1-2 Max Lucado begins Chapter 16 (“The Long, Lonely Winter- Wilderness Places”) of Next Door Savior with this description of the wilderness of the soul: […]