What God Has Joined Together
I never knew a more fascinating man than Jim Reimer. I never heard a better preacher or was knit at the heart with someone, quite the same. And I never saw anyone as devoted to a man such as he as my mom. If you’ve read my book {w}hole, you already know many of the...
5WPD 101: Friday 5 – 5 Resources for Wanting God
Friday 5 – 5 books that increased my desire for God. Links: Secrets of the Secret Place by Bob Sorge The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions Walking with God by John Eldredge Sit, Walk, Stand by Watchman Nee Falling Free by Shannan Martin...
While We Are Busy Being Petty and Scared About Our Differences
When I was littler than I can remember, my dad had Jimmy Carter come and speak at our Baptist church one Sunday. Dad was a Republican. Jimmy was a Democrat. They both believed most of the same things, including the core non-negotiable, about Jesus. I never asked my...
The Call to Splinters
So they say the Cross is glossy now, or at least that’s the story on Instagram. Cool pastors, ripped jeans, and the big, round-rimmed glasses that should have stayed in the 80’s but someone brought them back. I like fashion, too, but are we preaching Jesus or selling...
Why the Church Ignores Racism (and other things, too)
There’s a lot I don’t know about. I’ve never broken a leg or had my appendix taken out, so don’t ask me about that. I’ve never adopted a child or tucked a foster child into a bed in my home, held them while they had night terrors. No one in my house has special needs,...
The 2 Things We Need to Grow Strong in God in 2018
I’ve been reading on the internet…people proclaim this and that – 2018 is the year of...and honestly, it’s all over the map. I’m hopeful they know something I don’t, but will you quit reading if I tell you God didn’t give me the memo on the theme of this year, at...
Never Ask People’s Permission To Do What God Tells You To Do
I thought long and hard about the last words I want to write in 2017. Sometimes, I’ve found, it’s easier to know the don’t than the do and go from there. I don’t want to give a lot of advice or talk about pages on a calendar. I don’t want to reflect on the year. 2017...
So You Want Peace for the Holidays?
If you know anything about my family, you know we are not poster children for the word zen. “How do you have a peaceful house for the holidays?,” I’m asked by a friend, and I try to play it cool. Thoughts of my husband’s crazy loud voice, my boy's lively debates over...
Go Back to Where You Lost Your Keys
I talked about some things on the Jamie Ivey podcast recently I hadn’t intended. Turns out, when you feel comfortable in a space with a Jesus girlfriend, you open up old wounds. It feels like a zillion years ago, but it was actually only 6, that I wrote about some of...
I Don’t Want to Live In a Christian Castle
"We have been so busy creating castles for ourselves that we haven't stopped to notice they aren't really very beautiful." ~Lisa Whittle, I Want God I’m about to get on my Christian Twitter and type 140 Christian words about a Christian issue Christians talk...
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