Even When We Mess Up, He’s There Have you ever had a season when everything pressed in and escape looked like the only option? David knew those seasons. Some came as persecution. Some were the result of his own choices. “O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying […]
Redemption
Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! An advantage of being the middle child in a family of five children was that I could play with the younger kids when my inner child needed attention. I could hang out with the older kids when I felt my younger siblings were beneath me. Christmas time brought out the child in me. […]
Give a Hand Up and not a Kick to the Curb
Tiny foundational cracks become fault lines when great stress is applied. What causes one person’s life to shatter may not be what causes another person’s downfall. In 2020, marriages are falling apart, and social isolation is leading to lapses in recovery and sobriety. Yes, there are plenty of self-help tools out there. Unless a support […]
Forgiven
A visitor to “Katherine Walden Ministries” once wrote me. “I’ve asked forgiveness for my sins many times, but I don’t feel that I can forgive myself. I am not sure that God wants to forgive me. How do I know that I am forgiven?” I wrote in answer: First of all, thank you for writing. […]
Love Nailed Our Sins to the Cross
Isaiah 53:4-6 (MSG) -“He was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. One look at him and people turned away. We looked down on him, thought he was scum. But the fact is, it was our pains he carried— our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We […]