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

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.

A Place to Land While You're Still Waiting

PRAYER AND PERSPECTIVE: THE BLOG

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville shares coffee and conversation with a diverse group of women gathered around an outdoor table at sunset, celebrating God's quiet work of growth through faith, friendship, and community.

Prayer & Perspective

PERSPECTIVE One of the challenges of growth is that we often cannot see it while it is happening. Roots grow beneath the surface before fruit appears. Character develops long before it is recognized. Faith deepens long before circumstances change. Because growth can be difficult to measure, many people become discouraged too soon. We focus on […]

Celebrate What Is Growing

Prayer & Perspective