by LoriAHatcher | May 5, 2025 | Christian Living, Prayer
Samantha has been praying for her prodigal for seventeen years—not seven, seventeen. On good days, she prays in faith. On bad days, she feels like giving up. Andrew listens to fellow church members as they share a tsunami of prayer needs during a prayer meeting, and a...
by LoriAHatcher | Apr 28, 2025 | Christian Living, Prayer
The fiasco on the mountain was truly a pathetic scene. Desperate to prove the superiority of their false god, the prophets of Baal worked themselves into a frenzy. They danced. They sang. They called out. After hours of such nonsense, Elijah’s...
by LoriAHatcher | Apr 21, 2025 | Christian Living, Family, Prayer
“Eleven steps.” I glanced to the side as I approached the front entrance of the hospital. An elderly man, gaunt and grizzled, climbed the stairs beside me. His faded jeans were cinched together at his waist. A flannel shirt, faded soft, was tucked neatly into his...
by LoriAHatcher | Apr 14, 2025 | Christian Living
“What do you think happened to Peter?” I asked my husband. “Why did he deny Christ?” I was reading the account of the Passover week, and Peter’s loyalty to Christ stood in sharp contrast to his subsequent betrayal. At the Last Supper, Peter declared he was...
by LoriAHatcher | Apr 7, 2025 | Christian Living, Family, Prayer
Greetings, Refresh readers! It’s my pleasure to introduce you to my dear friend Julie Lavender as our guest contributor today. I know you’ll fall in love with her. Her tips for cultivating a heart of prayer in our little ones are spot on. ~Lori When our kids were...
by LoriAHatcher | Mar 31, 2025 | Christian Living
A few years ago I was the unhappy middle man in a collision between an SUV and a Porta-Potty truck. It wasn’t funny at the time, especially because the accident preempted my plans for a Chick Fil A lunch and sent me to the doctor instead. Thankfully the only real...
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