Why Your Quiet Time Still Feels Empty

The other night, I opened my Bible, read the same verse three times, and still couldn’t tell you what it said. Not because I was distracted or tired—though I was—but because I wasn’t actually expecting anything to happen. I just felt like I should read it. It was on my to-do list, somewhere between replying to emails and taking out the trash.And that’s the problem.A lot of us were handed spiritual disciplines like they were keys to a vending machine—insert prayer, get peace. Read a chapter, rece