by ParticularlyCALLED | Oct 21, 2025 | Calling, Intimacy, Trauma and Healing Wounds
A long time ago I wrote an article about friendship with God being the answer to our loneliness. It was a beautiful piece about all the practical ways God fills all aches of our hearts (ie. not just a cliche). However, the perspective was more from a place of...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Sep 19, 2024 | Prayer
Do you know how to pray for someone? Should we be praying for each other? Do our prayers matter? Why do our prayers so often go “unanswered”? Is there a way to make our prayers more effective? What if the answers to these pressing questions are much...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 11, 2023 | Role of Religion
“I’m sorry” Two simple words with such deep layers of meaning…. and yet we toss them about flippantly, seldomly stopping to contemplate the other side. “I’m sorry”, has become synonymous with “Oops… aren’t I cute anyway? How can you stay...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jan 19, 2023 | Grace and Strength, Intimacy, Spiritual Growth
Someone very dear to me confessed to me once ‘but I just don’t love God like that! if heaven is all white robes, playing harps and praising God all day, I’m not even sure I want to go there” This may be a trite and imperfect description of...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jul 26, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Growth
The word mortification is a terrifying one. It literally comes from the Latin mortificare which means “to put to death”, specifically, in traditional understanding, “the desires of the flesh”. It was considered essential for salvation back in...
