How to Journal Your Faith When You Never Know What to Write

The blank page is not a discipline problem. It is a prompt problem. Given a good question, almost everyone has something to say.

Pattern one — the honest inventory. "Today I am carrying..." List it plainly. Naming a worry shrinks it to its actual size.

Pattern two — the received line. Copy one verse or one sentence that struck you, then write why it landed today. Not what it means in general. What it means on this Tuesday.

Pattern three — the gratitude that is specific. Not "my family" but "the way she laughed at dinner." Specific gratitude is the kind you can feel.

Pattern four — the one next step. "The kind thing I can do tomorrow is ____." Reflection that never reaches an action slowly turns into rumination.

Rotate the four. Some days you will write three lines. Three lines counts.