5 Fabulous Advent Resources
11/24/2019
Looking for a devotional to guide you through this season of Advent?
Here are five great resources. … More 5 Fabulous Advent Resources
Category: Christian reflections
We Follow Through Our Fears
11/14/2019
Only two weeks into the kindergarten school year everything was going beautifully. Until a classmate told my son he was going to bring a gun. … More We Follow Through Our Fears
Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope Out of Ordinary Losses
10/24/2019
Brilliant pastor Stephanie Lobdell has written her first book. It will be the first of many, I have no doubt, because she writes with eloquence and grace, as one who has both traveled a difficult road and found God faithful in surprising ways along the journey. Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope Out of Ordinary Losses … More Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope Out of Ordinary Losses
In the Thick Darkness * 10 Minute Devotional
09/17/2019
Where is God when darkness descends? … More In the Thick Darkness * 10 Minute Devotional
Your Most Abundant Life Now
09/10/2019
Finding the good life together. … More Your Most Abundant Life Now
It Was Never About the Comforter
05/21/2019
Love, conflict, and the grace of pressing on … More It Was Never About the Comforter
A Turn on the Mat: The Gift of Weakness in the Community of Faith
05/18/2019
I’m an introvert. In my lowest seasons of fatigue, fear, and spiritual wandering I curl up in my shell like a hermit crab and wait for the noise outside to die down. For everyone and everything to just go away. My best friends are those who continually reach out to me, who load me on … More A Turn on the Mat: The Gift of Weakness in the Community of Faith
A Mother’s Day Gift for You
05/07/2019
Almost Holy comes into the world on June 3, less than a month from today! In honor of Mother’s Day and all moms everywhere, I wanted to share the first chapter of the book with you today. From my heart to yours. Happy Mother’s Day! Almost Holy Mama: Life-Giving Spiritual Practices for Weary Parents Chapter 1 … More A Mother’s Day Gift for You
Death, Good Friday, and All the Feels
04/19/2019
I spent time as a hospital chaplain-in-training while in seminary, and I was blessed with this incredibly thoughtful supervisor named Eileen. She served as a chaplain for decades, and had an unsettling amount of wisdom, strength, and gravitas for someone who wore flared skirts and flowered cardigans. During our weekly supervisory meetings I would inevitably start crying … More Death, Good Friday, and All the Feels
5 Good Reads for Holy Week
04/15/2019
Looking for some food for thought this Holy Week? Check out these five good reads. (And don’t look now, but these are all written by women. Brilliant, theologically minded women. Pretty sure Jesus is smiling about that one.) Fleming Rutledge’s “Redeemed by Death and Resurrection,” an excerpt from her book, The Crucifixion. “A declaration of amnesty … More 5 Good Reads for Holy Week
Courtney Ellis 