It starts with us—ordinary, regular us—taking one step, then two, and then a hundred small steps in an intentional direction.
You can’t make a difference until you listen to the world differently than everyone else does.
In the span of God’s wide and rowdy family, we all belong to one another and there is no such thing as other people’s children.
We are family not because we bear the same last name — but because we bear the image of the same God.
When you are suffering, it is vital that you preach regularly to yourself the truths that Scripture declares.
Jesus gives us practical steps to love in extraordinary ways.
The remarkable part of Christianity is not that we have a Savior who came to deliver us but that we have a Savior who sees us for who we really are and loves us anyway.
An atmosphere of judgment instead of compassion shuts down the opportunity for us to stay connected to ourselves, and by extension, to others.
Dear Kid Headed out into the World — You have to know how your unfolding from me was a miracle. That’s the miraculous thing about miracles – they really do…
Dear Mid-life, 40-Something Birthday — Blow out your dripping candles from the Dollar Store this week, circling there on your gluten-free birthday cake like a miniature candlelight vigil because there…
A lady flat-out told me today that she’s not going to live through what she’s going through. What if you’re looking for light at the end of a tunnel —…
Don’t waste anything that Jesus has given and multiplied.
I’m so grateful that God, in His tender mercy and grace, would not let me go.
Peace happens once we accept God’s sovereignty in light of our inability to control the outcome.
There is no one right way to speak to God, no guarantee of answers or outcomes, but the words themselves will take on life as they leave your lips, they will find their way to Jesus, they will be heard.[
