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Hard Place? How to let Lent Loan You More (Real) Hope
Giving up something for the love of Jesus —isn’t really giving up anything when He gave up everything for the ones He loves.
The Power of What if? How Imagination Guides Us Toward Deeper Love for our Neighbors
Imagination has the power to cultivate empathy when we can picture ourselves inside someone else’s story or situation.
The Secret to Winning Your Battles (And about Soldiers & What They Really Need)
Even as I write this, my heart is stirred with deep gratitude. I am thankful for the men and women who will stand and protect us, and our country – no matter the personal cost to them.
Your Body Matters as it is: Self Care and the Christian’s Body
Each of us needs to hear the same message about our bodies, but for different reasons.
When David Platt asks: Have We Lost Our Capacity to Weep?
We need an experience with the Word in the world that penetrates the recesses of our hearts.
Books, Communion, Conversations, Faith, Guest posts, Hope, humility, Listening, Refiner's Fire, Restoring Wonder
How Change Can Happen When We Share the Messy Parts of our Stories
Jesus spoke life-altering words, but He backed them up with redemptive action—not only on the cross but through the way He loved people.
How to Raise a Confident Daughter
I was also acutely aware of the fact that eyes were on me at all times.
How to Lead a Generation that is Really Good at Looking Good
For years I relied on the power of “niceness.”
The Scale is Not The Boss of You
If only we would stop listening to our measuring sticks and scales and start listening to our promises.
When We Don’t Feel Strong Enough for Our Own Lives
I am a complete version of me because no willpower or positive thinking or bootstrap mentality will ever complete what grace has already done.
The Key to Loving Your Actual People
Giving freely, when done in the context of the other practices, has a way of binding hearts, because it is done out of seeing and knowing the person right in front of us.
When a Cussing, Drug-Addicted Mom Shows Up at Your Church
The highlight reel of even the very best earthbound stories will pale in comparison to our resurrected future.
When We All Need A Song of Hope
We are not failures, not un-beautiful, not unworthy after all.
Traveling a Winding Road from our Suburbs to our Sahara: Going Global as an Ordinary Person
It starts with us—ordinary, regular us—taking one step, then two, and then a hundred small steps in an intentional direction.
