Brooke Gale LouvieR

Spiritual Bites for the Weary

  • Graham Cracker Communion Is Out!

    My 30-Day devotional, “Graham Cracker Communion- Spritual Bites for the Weary Mom,” is now available on Amazon as a paperback and Kindle. Click here to purchase. I appreciate you sharing this with others and buying a copy (or several). Even if you’re not a mom, we all have a tired mom in our lives who… Continue reading

  • The Hive Mind is Sick

    Sometimes I worry about the speed of the world and I wonder if everything will just get faster and faster until it all explodes and we will know it’s the end. I think about the movies where people are strapped to a chair and brainwashed through all these thousands of images bombarding their eyes and… Continue reading

  • A Million Stories About the Goodness of God

    There are a million little stories I could tell about the goodness of God. I am afraid they will get lost in the overarching shadow of how hard this season has been, but I need to tell them anyways. We started this year with excitement, slight terror, and a lot of anticipation. My prayer and… Continue reading

  • I’ll Count the Stars

    Last night I had a dream I was walking with my three kids down a path that led to the water. There were mountains across a large lake and the sun was about to set. They sat peacefully next to me on the shore of the lake, uncharacteristically quiet and still. The sky was streaked… Continue reading

  • I See God on the Road

    In 1999, I traveled to Dallas, Texas to attend my Grandma’s birthday. I didn’t know it would be for my Grandfather’s funeral. I didn’t know that in my grief, my cousin would hand me a cassette tape of a band called Caedmon’s Call. This tape would contain a song by Derek Webb, entitled, “Faith My… Continue reading

  • The Other Side of Survival

    One month into 2021 and everything already feels so different. It was like I was playing that childhood game where you try to hold your breath while driving through a tunnel. It is dark and you can see the light in the distance but your lungs start to burn and you don’t know if you… Continue reading

  • Before

    Remember whenWe’d get lost in a crowdBump shoulders with a strangerEmmersed in the swelling musicA sound bigger than all of us Remember whenWe’d smile at the elderly womanIn the grocery storeBrowsing the same aisleAnd she would smile backAnd lean her wrinkled face towardsOur sticky toddlerTo say helloAnd remind us how fast childhood goes Remember whenWe’d… Continue reading

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  • Pentecost

    We watch our cities burnAnd wonderHow we can stopThe hate that festersBecause of hueThe judgement that findsWhat is differentIn another humanAnd fears itWe try to educateTo eradicate the evilThat grows like cancerIn our bonesButOur 13-Step programs failOur willpower won’t workOur attempt at recompenseare emptyOur efforts always fall shortAs the gap widens furtherMore blameMore destructionMore lives… Continue reading

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  •  No More Crossing Off Days

    You’re probably going to hate me for saying this, but despite everything, 2020 has been one of the best years of my life so far. It is strange, how you can’t always recognize the metamorphosis happening when you’re in the middle of it. It is dark, kind of cramped and uncomfortable, and not a lot… Continue reading

  • Remember the Story of Humanity

    I am the high and mighty religious demanding a sacrifice for all our imperfections I am the one who walked with himWho walked on waterOnly to tell a crowd I don’t know himIn his time of greatest need I traded him for a bag of money then couldn’t live with myself I slammed that whip… Continue reading