by LoriAHatcher | Feb 13, 2023 | Christian Living, Family, Uncategorized
Every day we have a choice where to look for hope—in created things or in our Creator. The world tells us to hope in money, luck, determination, relationships, skills, and our own abilities. God tells us to look to Him. The world disappoints us—again and again, but...
by LoriAHatcher | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
Years ago, a friend challenged me to fast and pray one day a month for my adult children. When she suggested it, I had mixed feelings. I love my children. I want God’s best for them. I also love food. And I have a high metabolism that requires me to eat often. My...
by LoriAHatcher | Jan 30, 2023 | Christian Living, Family
Taste buds. Yep, that’s what I wrote in my journal today. Thank you, Lord, for taste buds. Has it ever occurred to you that God didn’t have to create us with taste buds? He could have made us like dogs, who have one-sixth the number of taste buds humans...
by LoriAHatcher | Jan 23, 2023 | Christian Living, Prayer
When you grow up in a small town in New England, you don’t have much to brag about. Nestled on the shores of Narragansett Bay, the sleepy little town where I was born is home to about 23,000 people. But once a year, it goes from obscure to ostentatious. On...
by LoriAHatcher | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Uncategorized
Greetings, faithful readers! Thank you so much for your love and prayers during the release of Refresh Your Hope, 60 Devotions for Trusting God with All Your Heart. Releasing a book is a crazy, exhilarating, exhausting experience. So many questions run through an...
by LoriAHatcher | Jan 16, 2023 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
There’s a stray cat in the neighborhood, and for whatever reason, it’s homed in on you. It howls at your doorstep. You shoo it away. When you come home at night, it’s lurking in the bushes. You rush inside, closing the door firmly in its face, but the next...
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