“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott I have a temperamental TV. It’s a 55-inch Roku and relatively new, but about once a month it either loses its internet connection or hangs up while loading a streaming service. Occasionally, it throws up error message 140.30, whatever that means. For whatever reason, it just stops working. Our Verizon internet service is the same way. We have a little white box…
As many of you know, I’ve been crawling my way through the book of Psalms for over a year, using it as a pattern for prayer in my morning devotions. This journey began because my prayer life was really flat. I found myself repeating the same basic words over and over again, caught in a loop of asking God for things. It was dull and lifeless. Jesus said in Matthew 6:7 that when we pray, we shouldn’t “keep on babbling…
“So, do you think that will work?” Pam asked. I was nestled comfortably in my favorite reclining sofa, with the dog snoozing beside me. My laptop was open, iced coffee in hand, and I was deeply engrossed in an online article from the New York Times. She stood about 10 feet away, holding a kitchen knife. I snapped out of my digital trance. “Ummm…,” I stalled. I had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. Our house has an…