Raise Your Hand if You’re Bad at New Year’s Eve
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Tag: hope
What Side are You On? * 10 Minute Devotional
Where to stand in divisive times
Infamous Days, Ordinary Faithfulness
In times of peace and times of war, the call to steadfast obedience remains.
Root Canals and Other Fun I Didn’t Want to Have * 10 Minute Devotional
Fear, honesty, and lessons from God in the dentist’s chair.
Food That Fills * 10 Minute Devotional
More than a sugar rush.
False Dichotomies and the Call of God * 10 Minute Devotional
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…… Continue reading False Dichotomies and the Call of God * 10 Minute Devotional
Make it Your Ambition to Lead a Quiet Lent
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…… Continue reading Make it Your Ambition to Lead a Quiet Lent
The Sacred Serious * 10 Minute Devotional
A challenge from Bonhoeffer to stop playing on the shores of faith and dive in instead.
Like a Turtle on a Fencepost * 10 Minute Devotional
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…… Continue reading Like a Turtle on a Fencepost * 10 Minute Devotional
Courage, Dear Heart * 10 Minute Devotional
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…… Continue reading Courage, Dear Heart * 10 Minute Devotional
