by Laura Sandretti | Feb 19, 2021 | Faith in the Everyday
Yesterday, my daughter was fasting and praying to gain clarity about a big decision when she received an email that provided her exactly that. When she told me what happened, I was overwhelmed with tears, joy and gratitude. A little later though, I was also a little...
by Laura Sandretti | Feb 9, 2021 | Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven?? Although I’d asked my discipleship group to read and submit to the Lord’s prayer for the past two weeks, I was struggling to do the same. Growing up, I recited the Lord’s prayer habitually and thoughtlessly, but never submissively. To...
by Laura Sandretti | Jan 14, 2021 | Loving the Hard to Like
I’ve been struggling with The Church again. Not everyone, just Christians who post/speak with seemingly complete assuredness and lack of humility, that their positions, politics (on both sides), and opinions are correct, biblical, and objective. Christians who are...
by Laura Sandretti | Jan 7, 2021 | Loving Others
I had a wonderful talk with a young woman yesterday who is a mom, lawyer, and a Christian. We talked about politics, race relations, the church, and more. Although she is much younger than me and we’d never had a conversation before, we talked civilly and openly about...
by Laura Sandretti | Dec 18, 2020 | Faith in the Everyday
“What an a*#.” I uttered while on a prayer walk this morning. Immediately prior to the recipient of said expletive running me off the road, I was enjoying a rare moment of deep, profound, clear-headed, intimate prayer. As I journeyed out of the icy ditch, I realized...