faith – Page 4 – Courtney Ellis

Food That Fills * 10 Minute Devotional

08/09/2018

More than a sugar rush. … More Food That Fills * 10 Minute Devotional

False Dichotomies and the Call of God * 10 Minute Devotional

07/05/2018

Back in college, two roommates and I launched a campus chapter of Heifer International, a global charity that gives livestock and training to people in developing countries as a way to help them lift themselves out of poverty. (If you receive a cow, for example, you can sell the milk, as well as breed it … More False Dichotomies and the Call of God * 10 Minute Devotional

Fear and Trembling Can Lead the Way * 10 Minute Devotional

06/05/2018

What are you afraid to do? Sometimes fear saves. Our fear of the snake just off the hiking trail, the out-of-control driver in the express lane, the unattended toddler near a swimming pool. But fear can also be an excuse. We can let it hold us back or keep us silent. Fear in its proper … More Fear and Trembling Can Lead the Way * 10 Minute Devotional

Updates and Joy

04/05/2018

Because it’s been way too long. … More Updates and Joy

Make it Your Ambition to Lead a Quiet Lent

02/08/2018

For Lent this year, I’m logging off. Going dark. Signing off. Want to join me? I’ve realized my tech habits aren’t what I want them to be. I’m not the world’s worst offender when it comes to hours logged online, but I’m far from unplugged. I discovered Twitter recently and it is fun and addictive. The bottomless bowl of … More Make it Your Ambition to Lead a Quiet Lent

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

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

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