The Fall Bible Study You’ve Been Waiting For
Fight Back With Joy is written for…. The one who wonders: Is this all there is? The one who asks: Is there something I'm missing? The one who wrestles: Is there something more I can do? Fight Back With Joy is designed for… The person who wakes up to an empty house...
7 Ways to Awaken Wonder Today
I long to live wonderstruck. It’s a posture. A choice. An attitude of living with holy night vision goggles. Searching under every branch, in every nook and cranny for the wonders of our great God. Because when we live wonderstruck, we live with divine expectation...
These Four Words Will Set You Free
A couple of years ago, I noticed the need for encouraging cards for those facing long-time illnesses—for those occasions when you just don’t know what to say. The wah-wah, platitude cards available at Target and Hallmark just weren’t cutting it. After much prodding...
What’s REALLY Holding You Back
Sometimes I don’t think we realize the power of forgiveness and unforgiveness—in our lives, in the lives of others, and in our world. One of my heroes is Corrie Ten Boom, author of The Hiding Place. In gripping terms, she describes the extreme abuses inflicted on her...
Personal Versus Positional Friends: How Do You Tell the Difference?
Does this person like me for who I am? or what I do? or who I know? or how I can help? These are some of the hardest questions any of us will ever navigate. Yet we chart course through these uncertain waters everyday. All of us. We dove into the wonder of friendship...
The One Gift You Can’t Live Without
In a fast and furious 18 days, Leif, Hershey, and I packed up our home in Denver, sold our furniture on Craigslist, said “I’ll be seeing you” to our life-long friends, and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in September. (You can read more about our crazy-pants move,...
5 Ways to Flip Your Prayers Upside Down
What if you turned your prayers upside down? What if instead of praying for others to change, we prayed change for ourselves? What if instead of praying God would purpose us, we prayed purpose in him? What if instead of praying for God to accept our will, we prayed...
How To Pray When You Don’t Know What To Pray
Prayer is a spiritual discipline we simply can’t live without. Through prayer, we express our adoration and affection to God. We make requests or petitions to God. We confess our brokenness to God and ask for forgiveness. We thank God for His presence and work in our...
Why I Gave Up Prayer
A few years ago, I gave up prayer. Okay, maybe not all prayer, but long-winded prayer for the forty days of Lent. I had heard a sermon by our friend, Jay, which highlighted the importance of praying simple but potent prayers. Mulling over this concept for weeks, I...
Here’s Why Adult Coloring Books Are All the Rage
If you’ve been inside a Hobby Lobby, Target, Walmart, or Barnes & Noble store recently, you probably noticed the entire sections wallpapered with adult coloring books. We dove into the wonder of rest this week during the online Summer Bible Study at...
