by Laura Sandretti | Mar 5, 2025 | Faith in the Storm
“Lent is a time of returning to God. It is a time to confess how we keep looking for joy, peace, and satisfaction in the many people and things surrounding us, without really finding what we desire.” – Henri NouwenRecently when our pastor talked about giving up...
by Laura Sandretti | Dec 30, 2024 | Getting Older
Sean, Wade, Doug, Renee, Joanna, and Thom. After praying this morning for friends battling cancer, I went through my list of New Year “Invitations” – things in 2025 to help me experience Christ, and the life He’s purposed for me more richly and intimately. Then I read...
by Laura Sandretti | Dec 5, 2024 | The Word of God
For the past few weeks, I’ve been over-thinking how to fit my entire book table into one suitcase to take to Texas tomorrow. Studying for and mulling over the content of my talks has added another layer of stress. And so has wondering how a homebody and introvert like...
by Laura Sandretti | Oct 24, 2024 | Faith in the Storm
What if your broken marriage, struggling kids, or that job you hate, never gets better? Would Jesus be more than a cliché of “enough”? Could you have joy? I’ve been asking myself this a lot lately. I love that song, “You’re never going to let me down.” I abstractly...
by Laura Sandretti | Sep 27, 2024 | Doubt
“If only I could find a trace of evidence that it was really possible for a Ghost to stay – that the choice was not only a cruel comedy – I would not go back.” In C.S. Lewis’ book, The Great Divorce, a man boards a bus from hell bound toward heaven. He and the...
