Posts by Believe Out Loud

Before us, is an open invitation. God is inviting us to come as we are – no matter how broken we may be. Jesus is not like the queens and kings of this world. There is no pomp, no decorum, just an open field waiting to be filled with the children of the Lord. As…

Pain was essential to my life. I was birthed through pain. It was my mother’s sacrifice which yielded fruit. Without loss there is no life, but what is lost? Certainly, her own body became my vessel; this revealed that the seed of life was inside her: life inside life. When I was born, I was…

For many of us, Lent is about moving forward spiritually. We desire growth both in our relationship with God and in our own personal development. But achieving these goals may be easier than you realize because the closer you get with God, the more it becomes an inevitability that you will grow. As you do…

Are you looking for a progressive daily devotional? The Cathedral of Hope Devotion Ministry began as an answer to Progressive Christians who wanted to start their days with a little insight, observation, or wisdom about the Christian faith from their own point of view. Conservative internet devotions were abundant, but there was not much out…

This is the story of a young boy’s dream. He came face to face with what some would call darkness, others The Beast, and few who see themselves. Some things, however, you cannot judge by appearances. In this dream the boy was flying over a forest when he suddenly came across a certain figure amongst…

The closer one gets to God, the further away one gets from a spirit of fear. Consider, Sir Isaac Newton. He postulated the Laws of Motion. In the first law, he observed that an object in motion tends to stay in motion, and conversely, an object at rest tends to stay at rest. Unless the…