Root Canals and Other Fun I Didn’t Want to Have * 10 Minute Devotional
09/04/2018
Fear, honesty, and lessons from God in the dentist’s chair. … More Root Canals and Other Fun I Didn’t Want to Have * 10 Minute Devotional
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Room Enough * 10 Minute Devotional
08/16/2018
Jealousy assumes a zero-sum game, but this isn’t the math of the kingdom. … More Room Enough * 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
10 Things a Preschooler Will Teach You
06/12/2018
Sometimes the tiniest people have the biggest lessons to teach. … More 10 Things a Preschooler Will Teach You
I’m Not Dead Yet, and Other Things to Celebrate
05/29/2018
On slowing down, saying no, and finding hope. … More I’m Not Dead Yet, and Other Things to Celebrate
The Humbling Teamwork of Bringing a Book to Market
05/03/2018
On editors, cover art, gratitude, and joy … More The Humbling Teamwork of Bringing a Book to Market
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
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
5 Great Reads for 2018
01/01/2018
Because nothing says, “Happy New Year!” like a pile of great books. … More 5 Great Reads for 2018
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