1 Truth To Get You Through This Week
As wondrous children of God, our relationships with other people also change. Those who also choose to follow Jesus are now our brothers and sisters. They may be much younger or older, they may live in our neighborhoods or in another country, they may speak our...
How to Handle Responsibility with Grace (Giveaway and an Interview with @AHC) @ivpress
This week I'm giving away THREE copies of Andy Crouch's book, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power. Andy is the executive editor of Christianity Today, where he was also executive producer of This Is Our City, a multi-year project featuring documentary video,...
What Do You Do When A Simple Thank You Won’t Suffice?
I’ve been thinking about the best way to say thank you. Because you deserve all the thanks in the world, and I’m hoping these heartfelt words will suffice. Your knees have bent in prayer these last few months. You have beaten down the doors of heaven and beaten back...
What to Do When Life Spirals Out of Control
My four-pound superpup, Hershey brings so much joy to my life. Even with his small size, he certainly packs a powerful punch in the ways God uses him in my life. I think back to a few years ago when Leif and I met him for the first time. Tiny. Timid. Fearful. As we...
How to Surrender Control
Prayer is an altar for surrender, a place we go to hand everything over to God. [Tweet this] Nowhere is this more clearly demonstrated than in the garden of Gethsemane when Jesus cries out not once but twice that his Father’s will be done. Prayer is the place where we...
Are You All In? (Giveaway and an Interview with @MarkBatterson) @Zondervan
This week I'm giving away THREE copies of Mark Batterson's book, All In. Mark serves as the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. Recognized as “one of America’s 25 most innovative churches,” NCC is one church with seven locations. Mark’s blog...
10 Links to Leave You Smiling Today
1. Joy abounds. Worship with THIS today. Chris Tomlin takes the stage with worship leaders from around the world: [Tweet this] (RSS Subscribers, click here to view.) 2. Oreo invites you to be “Wonderfilled.” #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK AND enjoy a yummy Oreo? I’m in! [Tweet...
The ONE Prayer We Need Right Now…
“How can we pray for you?” It’s a question I’ve been asked dozen of times these last few months, and the kind of question often asked of anyone facing a health crisis or other adversity. It’s a great alternative to “The Three Worst Things You Can Say to Someone...
The Best Invitation You’ll Receive All Year
The journey to know the Organic God calls me out of a self-absorbed and self-reliant view of reality. God invites me into something more. He invites me into his love. Not just his big, thick, strong-armed love, the kind that redeems the world, but into all of what God...
The Secret to a Beautiful Marriage (Giveaway and an Interview with @TedCunningham) @David_C_Cook
This week we're giving away THREE copies of my dear friend, Ted Cunningham's book, Fun Loving You. Ted is the founding pastor of Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson, Missouri. He is a graduate of Liberty University and Dallas Theological Seminary. Ted and his...
