By: Brooke Keith (Excerpt from upcoming release) There’s a hallway I’ve been in my whole life. And it’s not success I’m waiting on. The Lord has been so faithful to open doors. Doors to ministry. Doors to heavenly riches. Doors to service. Doors. I doubt Dorothy’s farmhouse was large enough to include a hall. Not if we are being time period specific. When you read the book, it sure feels like home girl was running awfully fast to get away from it. So fast she left during a to

The Carpenter’s Daughters Oil of Joy My father was a master carpenter. Although much of my childhood was marked by pain and brokenness, one lesson he taught me has stayed with me… in the right hands, and with the right oil, almost anything can be restored. Years later, that lesson pointed me to an even greater promise. Jesus is the Master Carpenter. He doesn’t simply repair what is broken… He redeems it. The Hebrew suggests it translates as “better than new.” He takes ashes a

By: Brooke Keith “Now we know faith is the evidence of things hoped for, the substance of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 Dear friend, Did you know that when you see nothing that you are actually better positioned for a miracle than ANYONE else?! It’s true. And usually it isn’t when everything is falling apart that people come to me and say they are struggling to believe. It is actually when NOTHING seems to be happening. Good or bad. Spiritual warfare often remind

By: Brooke Keith Feel like you just don’t know the next step? I’d say that puts you in fine company. That would make up quite a gift portion of the population! You’ve tried it your way. A million times, perhaps. Have you tried it God’s way? Do you know how to find out what that is? When I think about Kingdom strategy I can’t help but think about Kingdom helpers. One of my favorite instances of Kingdom strategy and the helpers appointed to a season is in the story of the wido

What is a soul tie? Let me instead answer another question that is just as profound. How do we undo the intertwining of the countless moments we gave ourselves away to people who would not even give us the satisfaction of knowing we were too precious to lose. Corey Asbury came out with a really great song a few years back and while I know it is not a song about soul ties when I hear the word unraveling I can think of nothing else, no word quite as descriptive, to descri

By: Brooke Keith I hope that you know that in this great big vast universe With stars suspended on silken strands of spider webs That we cannot see from the concrete That somewhere up there in this great big sky Is a great big God with an eye for beauty. How lovingly He must have dipped his fingers into eternity To mold the hollows in your face. How busy His mind must have been with who you would be. What color would your eyes be painted? Oil based autumn leaf brown? Watercol

Have you ever felt desperate? Desperate for someone to apologize? Longing for someone to choose you? Worried that if you don’t snag the...

The amount of issues that I have heard over two decades on the other side of my pastoral desk are as diverse as issues come. From...

When my Granny made fried squash, tater soup or soup beans with her famous cornbread, it always had to boil down. It was more flavored....

As the seasons change both spiritually and physically, I know a lot of God’s people have been weary. But I feel a fresh wind blowing over...

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,...

“There is nothing new under the sun.” But if you were to ask your algorithm? There would appear to be around a million new reasons to be...

I know. Things have been tough in this atmosphere. The world looks scary on our feeds. Maybe home feels scary too. Or maybe you are...

“Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind…” Acts 2:2 Defeat is not your portion. Depression is not your future. And the enemy doesn’t...

By: Brooke Keith When we sit and think on the topic of grief, very rarely do we think of a grief that is not permanent. So many times,...

By: Brooke Keith 1. I’m proud of you. The devil loves to tell you that you are failing or that you are made up of mistakes and...

You. Will. Be. Ok. It may not feel like it today, but one fine day… everything is ok. Close your eyes now and then… And envision this...

Years ago I sat in my office with a woman we will just call Sal. “I know I deserve better than this - I just can’t think it.” I hear...

By: Brooke Keith What if every obstacle that stood in your way were moved in an instant? Imagine that none of the things you are worried...