Church in the Philippines was unlike anything I’d seen before. Every man, woman and child worshipping and praising God with abandon, the freshness of the Word of God visible on their faces. Their very spirits overflowing with joy and peace, fruits of the spirit ripe and bursting with flavor. Why …
We love New Year’s resolutions and words for the year. We love befores and afters and do it yourself transformations. We love …
There’s this moment. Between the cocoon and flying, there’s a moment, a big pause. A time of re-orientation and discovery, a time …
I imagine it was excruciating, the wait between appointment and assignment. A shepherd boy, brought in from the fields to be told …
It was one of those “lightning bolt” mission trips. The kind where every moment you feel God grabbing your attention–showing you something …
Our time in the cocoon is healing and protective, the place the caterpillar dies so the butterfly can live. But there always …
“I can’t, I think I’m going to church.” We’d been roommates for over a year, and she wanted to carve pumpkins. But …
For you, friend. I know you’re in the trenches and it’s dark. I know doubts and fears swirl relentlessly, and you are …
He was a janitor at the church. He whistled while He worked and smelled of garlic and grace, always greeting with a …
The concept of metamorphosis was suddenly in crisp view and surrounded me everywhere I looked. Our lives in cycles of transformation; over …
God doesn’t often answer me immediately. I bared my soul that morning and mostly felt relieved to have figured out the core …
Welcome to March, friends. A time of new seasons, new perspectives. Where the promise of spring and resurrected life waits around the …
He’s started calling me Mommy again. Somewhere around age 8 or 9, without advertisement or explanation, he switched to Mom. I never …
Jesus said some really challenging things in Matthew 5, specifically toward the end of the chapter. Things that we as a culture …
God loves our people more than we do, and that is an incredibly hard truth for me to take hold of. I …
We sat in a Starbucks with a latte and a shared muffin after my first counseling session. I was finally ready to …
I FEEL IT in the brisk breeze on an afternoon walk, and the hospitality of a neighbor who pauses to chat. As …
Love can often feel big and heart-warming and warm and fuzzy. But sometimes it feels difficult and painful, and is displayed not …
I wish you could know how much God loves you. I wish I could hold your face in my hands, look deep …
One of my friends loves in fresh loaves of sourdough bread and homemade garlic butter with parmesan. She loves in casseroles and …
Understanding real, biblical love begins with our foundational concept of being still and knowing. The Hebrew word for “know” in Psalm 46:10 …
It’s officially February, and the theme for the month is BE LOVED. We’ve found a rhythm for our devotions, we think, that …
I admit, I’ve spent time despising the days of small beginnings. The days of fetching coffee and more copies for big people …
Psalm 46:10 tells us plainly that the entire reason we are to be still is so that we can know God. Restfulness …
