“Hold space for them.” These words dropped in my spirit last February after teaching at the women’s drug rehab for the first time. I had accepted an invitation to teach a Bible study once a week and had been begging the Lord to reveal wisdom on what to share with them. Leading up to the […]
Braving the Hurt of Your Neighbor Read More »
One Saturday, eight years ago, I sat in our screened in porch of our three- bedroom ranch, questioning my faith, for the first time. “Is this whole Christian thing working for me?” I was thirty-one years old. I had been a Christian since I was a teenager, and I believed the Bible, but was it
When Grace Walks In: A Personal Testimony Read More »
Dear Brave Soul, On behalf of the church as a fellow Believer, I just wanted to reach out and say I’m sorry. Your pain and grief is seen and I’m sorry we didn’t allow space and time for you to grieve your loss. And I’m even more sorry we fill the uncomfortable silence with Christian clichés. You are
Dear You who’s disappointed by the church Read More »
Do you ever tell yourself you’ll finally have peace when the house is clean and de-cluttered? Or when the kids finally get along? Maybe when things settle down in the world? Or when that one relationship is restored? Maybe you’re waiting to be financially set, and debt is paid off. It seems we are always
How to Maintain Peace Despite Your Everyday Struggles Read More »
I sat in the quiet stale room of the hospital, six years ago, listening only to the beeping sounds of the machines. I wasn’t sure how we got here, except that it all started with an email from our adoption agency asking if we could take a baby with a severe heart defect. I had
When Your Faith Seems Seemingly Small Read More »
It’s becoming increasingly clear to me: life is most lived in the slow. Many things are missed when life is lived at a high-pace. Yeah, you may feel accomplished when a lot was checked off your to-do list, but character is developed, and wounds are healed in the in-between moments when we think nothing productive
Live Forgiven: Getting Unstuck from Past Regrets Read More »
Do you ever tell yourself you’ll finally have peace when the house is clean and de-cluttered? Or when the kids finally get along? Or maybe things will settle down in the world? Or when that one relationship is restored? Maybe you’re waiting to be financially set, and debt is paid off. It seems we are
How to Maintain Peace Despite Your Everyday Struggles Read More »
The enemy has no new tricks up his sleeve. He is as cunning and shrewd today as he was in the Garden thousands of years ago. Nothing has changed. We fall into the same traps and believe the same lies, allowing him to steal joy, time, finances, and purpose. Before we know it, our perfectly
Several Ways to Have the Worst Day Ever Read More »
It’s only halfway through the first month of the New Year, and failure has already begun to overtake you. You’re standing at the sink and your teenage son slams the door and screams, “It’s stupid!” It is stupid. It’s stupid I can’t get this parenting thing right. Two weeks into the New Year and I
When All You Want is Chocolate Read More »
