Are We Failing at Our One Job?
Please Don’t Mention This “No. Please don’t say it, please don’t say it.” I am begging this gentleman in my head. We’re both sitting in the half-full waiting room at…
Read moreWhen You’re Not Sure How God Works
Audacious Prayers It’s Sunday morning, 10:30 a.m. We’re crammed in the choir room after first service is over but before second service begins (pre-Covid days). Someone closes the door. This…
Read moreHow to Win Your Fight with Time . . . in your four thousand weeks
When Everything Slows You Down The elevator still isn’t here. We’re stuck on the 8th floor lobby. We need to get down to the 1st. My 3-month-old grandson has been…
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Is the Word of God a What or a Who?
—Plus 8 Quotes from A More Christlike Word
“It is Christ himself, not the Bible, who is the true word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring…
Read moreDo You Feel Guilty When You Read?
I sometimes feel guilty when I sit and read in the middle of the day. It feels so unproductive, like I’m doing something solely for my pleasure and not benefiting…
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Can You Tell a Good Story?
—Grace & Truth Linkup
It’s Friday night and I’m sitting on the floor in our bathroom, towel at the ready. I’ve run the warm bathwater for my 3-year-old granddaughter. We’ve been playing hard all…
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