by LoriAHatcher | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
The 1,000 Lincoln logs scattered on the carpet in my living room were proof that scarcity doesn’t breed selfishness. Human nature does. I can understand why a starving cat would hiss and spit to keep other cats away from a morsel of food in a trash...
by LoriAHatcher | Oct 24, 2022 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
I’m honored to be blogging over on the Revive Our Hearts blog today. I’d love for you to join me as I talk about a topic you don’t hear much about . . . fasting. When you think of fasting, what words come to mind? Deprivation? Hunger? Headaches and...
by LoriAHatcher | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, Christian Living, Family
One of the most gratifying moments of a parent’s life is when their adult children reflect on the decisions their parents made during their childhood and say, “Now I understand. You were right.” Usually this epiphany doesn’t come until they have...
by LoriAHatcher | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
“I don’t have time to pray today.” Yep, I said this. Out loud. Once a month I meet with other women to pray for our adult children. We’ve been gathering for eleven years. But on that morning, I didn’t have time to pray. I’d looked at the week...
by LoriAHatcher | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
When my daughter was ten years old, my husband paid her to smile. It was family picture day at church, and she just wasn’t feeling it. Normally a cheerful kid, she wasn’t cheerful that day. She didn’t want to dress up. She didn’t want to have...
by LoriAHatcher | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog, Christian Living, Family, Prayer
What’s frightening you today? A marital challenge? A health crisis? Financial strain? A prodigal loved one? The list of fear-causing possibilities is endless. Today in Luke 8 I read about a group of people who encountered something they’d never seen before—and...
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