"Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Christ Jesus is revealed at His coming. As …
when you know exactly what you’re doing
I had a strange thought yesterday.This one curious thought was born from many smaller thoughts. One of them came in the middle of our new online …
homelessness and belonging and the ache for more
In between church services yesterday, I strolled through the lobby in search of coffee. Sitting in their usual spot on the sofas near the bookcases …
song of joy: out with the old, in with the new
Last December, I prayed and asked God to name 2014. He told me to call it "New Things", and so I did. I wrote about the hope of those words here, …
how to be a missional family
"Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all. Whoever believes and is baptized is saved; whoever …
…and if being a wife and a mom doesn’t really seem good enough for God- then what?
The bass vibrated from the stage and the music somehow pierced a hole in my heart when I sang these words:"We love You. We'll never stop. All this is …
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young souls know the kingdom ways
My daughter looks up at me and her eyes positively sparkle like the night sky on Independence Day. She smiles big and tells me she wants to be just …
twenty years of Jesus and imperfect me
Twenty years ago today, this very day, Jesus saved me from my sin, from a dreary life without Him. He wrapped His life and death up in the good news …
the saving of our souls
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come …
the most important question: a lesson from the Dollhouse family
Everything is going to be okay. Really.I sat on the shaggy brown rug of my daughter's room playing dollhouse with her."You set up the bedrooms and …
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a perfect shame
Today, Mr. Fantastic and I saw our friend on the corner with a cardboard sign in her hand. It's been a long time since we saw her out on the streets. …
why God’s Kingdom isn’t a day at the fair with balloons and soda pop
I sat in the common area of an ancient stone cabin turned bed and breakfast. Like a scene from one of my favorite books, Wuthering Heights, the day …
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