By Stefanie Boyles
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
Growing up in the church, the resounding exhortation I heard in youth group was this: do your quiet time! Essentially, what the leaders were getting at was this: read the Bible and pray consistently! And they’re right – right? These are essential spiritual disciplines for all believers! However, I clearly remember the struggle to follow through. I would attend a youth conference and come home fired up.…
By Aubrey Coleman
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
When I first started walking with Jesus, I remember being so mesmerized by women who could reference scripture without their Bibles. Searching for understanding, I surrounded myself with those who knew God’s Word deeply and let it pour out of their lives. I craved that kind of knowledge of the Bible.…
By Kristyn Perez
Lamp and Light Leader for The Daily Grace Co.
Sickness has found its way into my household. My young kids who struggle to share their toys seem glad to share their germs—cycling colds, eye infections and tummy aches throughout our family for weeks on end.…
By Sarah Morrison
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. Therefore, we may boldly say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.…
By Sarah Morrison
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
We’ve all been through fires. Burnt, scorned, and seared. And as long as our feet are planted on this earth, we will go through more. There is no shortage of suffering for this world to dole out to its inhabitants— relationships, jobs, and bodies have all been ravaged by a broken and dissonant world.…
By Sarah Morrison
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
One of the many fascinating stories in the Gospels is the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Told in both Matthew 4 and Luke 4, we read that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.…
By Kristyn Perez
Lamp and Light leader for The Daily Grace Co.
The other day, we went on a family walk. As we were going around the neighborhood, one of my daughters looked up at me with the sweetest grin and reached up to grab my hand.…
By Joanna Kimbrel
Staff Writer for The Daily Grace Co.
Meditation has risen significantly in popularity in recent years. It doesn’t take much time wandering through a bookstore or scrolling through social media to see the countless exhortations to practice meditation an essential part of self-care for emotional and mental health.…