Food That Fills * 10 Minute Devotional
08/09/2018
More than a sugar rush. … More Food That Fills * 10 Minute Devotional
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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
Lessons in Rest * 10 Minute Devotional
04/10/2018
One social media fast leads to infinite lessons in grace. … More Lessons in Rest * 10 Minute Devotional
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
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
Courtney Ellis 