by Lindsay Harrel | Feb 23, 2018 | Faith
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” – Maya Angelou Lately, I’ve been thinking about gratitude. Mostly, how I don’t have enough. In the last few weeks, I’ve heard two messages on...
by Lindsay Harrel | Oct 13, 2015 | Faith
Our culture really values people who are strong — especially when that strength is in women. I mean, don’t we all long to be seen as a strong person, someone who can handle whatever life throws at us and make it through — no matter how difficult the...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 29, 2015 | Faith
I’m not a glass-half-empty kind of person. In general, I tend to be cautiously optimistic. Except when it comes to myself. You see, even though I’ve had good things happen to me before, I have this weird voice somewhere in the back of my mind. This voice...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 7, 2015 | Faith
Yesterday my husband taught a lesson in our Sunday School class. It was about the passage in Matthew 6 that talks about worry — and how we shouldn’t do it. There were a lot of great points made by him and others, but one thing he had written in his...
by Lindsay Harrel | Aug 31, 2015 | Faith
We all have moments in our life that mesmerize us with wonder and bring us in awe of God. For me, some stand out distinctly: Like the time I was missing my family while on a study abroad trip to Europe — and then, as I stood a hill overlooking the Irish Sea, I...
by Lindsay Harrel | Dec 2, 2014 | Faith
A lot of people pick New Year’s resolutions to follow each year. Those are all well and good, but they tend to not work for me. I much prefer to select one word to focus on. The last few years, I’ve done this and enjoyed looking back at the results. Two...
