Blur your lines—Giver or receiver?
Givers. Receivers. We often divide these up into two camps. As good Christian boys and girls, we know which side of the line belongs to us: Be a giver. It’s the…
Read moreAre you a digital packrat? Need to digitally declutter? Here are 7 tips to do it now.
We all have to periodically declutter our closets, our desks, our kitchen cabinets, our cars. But what about our digital spaces? Have we become digital packrats? “Human beings have created…
Read moreGrow by recapturing your awe
What is something that every person does, that’s not bound by family, culture, or geography? Paul David Tripp says it is feel awe. And looking at what stirs awe in…
Read moreDon’t believe everything you think
Say a random stranger walks up to you in a restaurant and tells you that the food you just received is poisoned, then walks out the door. How do you…
Read moreGet in the arena this Advent – Be vulnerable
{Thoughts for Advent and from Brené Brown’s book, Rising Strong} If you haven’t read this 1910 excerpt about the man in the arena from Theodore Roosevelt’s “Citizenship in a Republic” speech,…
Read moreAccidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber {Book review}
I wonder if Ann Voskamp and Nadia Bolz-Weber have ever met. Because they meet in my world. I wonder if their two books fight it out each night on my…
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