Star for the Journey

habits

  • The Wind in the Branches

    There are some things in life we know are real, even though we’ve never actually seen them. I’ve never seen the wind. I’ve watched towering trees bow beneath its strength, curtains billow through an open window, leaves skitter across the driveway as though they suddenly remembered an appointment somewhere else, and clouds drift across the…

  • Seeing More Clearly

    I used to have a rather romantic idea of spiritual growth. When I first became a Christian, I assumed maturity would eventually arrive like some sort of heavenly graduation ceremony. One day I would wake up, angels would probably sing a few bars of Handel’s Messiah, and I would glide through life with remarkably few…

  • The Little Things Matter — Caring for Life in the Quiet Places

    Scripture Focus: “Let all things be done decently and in order.” —1 Corinthians 14:40 Life has a way of making the big things feel most important. Big decisions. Big dreams. Big prayers. Big turning points. And while those things do matter, Scripture has a quiet way of pulling attention back to the places people often…

  • Commit the Way

    Scripture Focus:“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.” — Psalm 37:5 There’s something holy about the turn of a year—like God gives the soul a quiet breath. New pages feel full of promise, but we don’t step into January as brand-new people. We carry the…

  • When Belief Becomes Character

    Belief is the spring that feeds thought, action, and habit.