The Sacred Serious * 10 Minute Devotional
02/01/2018
A challenge from Bonhoeffer to stop playing on the shores of faith and dive in instead. … More The Sacred Serious * 10 Minute Devotional
Category: Christian reflections
Like a Turtle on a Fencepost * 10 Minute Devotional
01/25/2018
Alex Haley, author or Roots, kept a photo in his office of a turtle on a fencepost. When asked about this odd conversation piece, he’d respond: Any time I start to think, ‘Look how good I am,’ I look at the turtle—me—and realize I did not get here by myself. Sometimes Daryl and I talk about … More Like a Turtle on a Fencepost * 10 Minute Devotional
Courage, Dear Heart * 10 Minute Devotional
01/18/2018
I’ve never chosen a “word of the year” before. My blogger friends all seemed to have one: faith, unity, joy, presence. One word for the whole year ahead. Yet it felt odd to me, somehow, to choose a word for the next 365 days. How could I put them into a one-word box so early … More Courage, Dear Heart * 10 Minute Devotional
So Apparently I’m Old Now, and Other Lessons in Empathy
01/11/2018
What happens when a doctor uses the word “arthritis” to a 30-something? … More So Apparently I’m Old Now, and Other Lessons in Empathy
11 Things No One Told Me About Marriage
01/04/2018
As of this Saturday, Daryl and I will have been married for eleven years. 132 months. 4015 days. 96,360 minutes. (Anyone else getting “Seasons of Love” stuck in their heads right about now?) It’s been an incredible ride. I could write out all the clichés that are somehow true (I love him more today than … More 11 Things No One Told Me About Marriage
Waiting, and Other Lessons God Seems Determined to Teach Me
11/30/2017
I am NOT good at waiting. Anybody with me on that? … More Waiting, and Other Lessons God Seems Determined to Teach Me
Featured today at The Glorious Table
11/27/2017
The funny thing about pain is that it lives only in our minds. We can see its effects–sleeplessness or thrashing about or tears–but we can’t see it. Once a painful season has ended, the pain lives in our memories. And it often looks different on the other side. I wrote this post for The Glorious Table nearly five … More Featured today at The Glorious Table
Come, Ye Thankful People * 10 Minute Devotional
11/21/2017
The value of simplicity and gratitude in an age of overcommitment and abundance. … More Come, Ye Thankful People * 10 Minute Devotional
5 Prayers I’m Glad God Said “No” To
10/30/2017
Because sometimes what we ask for and what we really need are verrrrry different things. … More 5 Prayers I’m Glad God Said “No” To
Building is Hard * 10 Minute Devotional
10/24/2017
My younger son is at the peak of the developmental phase of toddlerhood that looks like this: Take all the folded laundry out of the basket. Unspool all the toilet paper off of the roll. Dump out all of mom’s makeup and then shake/pour/smear out each individual product. Pour the Legos out onto the floor. … More Building is Hard * 10 Minute Devotional
Courtney Ellis 