It was the year that I gave up coffee for Lent. I was working as our church’s Director of Children’s Ministries and the kids and I were discussing what it means to fast--should...
When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!” Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain...
Being a teenage mother is painful in ways you can’t even know. And giving a baby away is also a terribly painful...
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The LORD is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? Psalm 27:1 Back in the 1990s...
"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins, spilling the wine and ruining...
Seth and I sat entwined in our University Student Center, deep in conversation. There was the smell of sausage and the hum of dawn, and we leaned back, like a pull away, outlining...
Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. "Follow me and...
Now I stand on solid ground, and I will publicly praise the LORD. Psalm 26:12 We don't know the exact context for Psalm 26. It could be that David was impressed with the...
“You need to come home right away. I think Shelby might be pregnant.”
My kids have been dead for the last three minutes, and off and on for the last ten. I just checked them to be sure. They were where I’d last seen them—splayed out...
This is week three of our book club discussion on The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting toward God, edited by Leslie Leyland Fields. Join us every Monday morning as...
Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies— he is the King of glory. Psalm...
We live in a culture that prizes success and celebrity. These often go hand in hand, one building on the other. Consider, for example, the case of Mark Zuckerberg. Seven years ago, he...
What frustrations does your workplace bring? Can you capture your workplace through photography in order to rethink the negative aspects?
I could have said no. But I have trouble refusing church ladies like Trish. They’re the kind whose persuasive acts make you wonder if arm-twisting is a spiritual gift. They could talk you...
