Prayer & Perspective

A Place to Land While You're Still Waiting

Five days a week, Dr. Lael writes the word she needed on her own hardest days. Short enough to read with your coffee, honest enough to sit with all day.

"Waiting is never wasted when God is in it."

01 Read A five-minute word, Monday through Friday
02 Pray Bring what it stirs up straight to God
03 Reflect Write it down in the free companion journal
Start Here: I'm New
This Month
November Prayer and Perspective: Gratitude and Generosity
November: Gratitude + Generosity
Get the free journal →
Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville sharing coffee and conversation with another woman in a beautiful outdoor garden setting, illustrating how God often brings hope, encouragement, and support through people.

Prayer & Perspective

PERSPECTIVE Sometimes we think hope has to arrive dramatically. A breakthrough.A miracle.A sudden answer.Everything changing overnight. But honestly, hope often arrives much quieter than that. Sometimes hope looks like a friend calling at the right moment. A conversation that steadies you. A prayer that reminds you God has not forgotten you. A person who sits […]

Hope Often Arrives Through People

Prayer & Perspective

with Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville

While You Wait Ministries