So Now What? * 10 Minute Devotional
11/10/2016
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. … More So Now What? * 10 Minute Devotional
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Exactly Enough * 10 Minute Devotional
10/26/2016
How would your life change if God promised you enough for today? … More Exactly Enough * 10 Minute Devotional
The Best Thing You Can Do for God * 10 Minute Devotional
10/20/2016
I’m a doer. I DO things. I get things done. Anyone relate? In a premarital counseling session with my not-yet-husband over a decade ago, our pastor prayed a metaphor over me. “Courtney is a thoroughbred, Jesus,” he said. (Pastor Kevin has buckets of wisdom and uses lots of metaphors, so I didn’t take the fact that he was … More The Best Thing You Can Do for God * 10 Minute Devotional
When it Gets Ugly Out There * 10 Minute Devotional
10/13/2016
Every time I’ve been on social media lately, I’ve logged off feeling like I need to take a shower. The vitriol in the public sphere seems to be reaching a fevered pitch. We must speak truth in love. We must stand against injustice. We must be a people of action, not just words. But … More When it Gets Ugly Out There * 10 Minute Devotional
Weary & Burdened * 10 Minute Devotional
10/06/2016
I’ve taken on too much this semester. You know the feeling. You’ve done it too. Maybe not this semester, but at some point you have taken on too much. Feel the tightening in your chest, the pressure bearing down on your shoulders, your racing thoughts. There is not enough time; there will never be enough … More Weary & Burdened * 10 Minute Devotional
Doing Good Anyway * 10 Minute Devotional
09/29/2016
It’s kind of a mess out there, isn’t it? Tensions are running high. Democrat vs. Republican. Black Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter. Young vs. Old. Rich vs. Poor. Us vs. Them. Policies vs. People. So much is broken. When I get up to preach these days I feel a lot of weight on my … More Doing Good Anyway * 10 Minute Devotional
God of Discomfort * 10 Minute Devotional
09/08/2016
My husband thinks its adorable that I change into pajama pants the minute I get home. (I married well in that he thinks it’s adorable and not some sort of neurosis.) I like to be comfortable! Really, who doesn’t? The problem comes when I decide that comfort is the ultimate goal of my spiritual life, too. … More God of Discomfort * 10 Minute Devotional
Chin Up * 10 Minute Devotional
09/01/2016
A few months ago, Daryl and I arrived home in separate cars around the same time. He parallel parked (we live in a townhouse and park on the street outside) and walked over to me, a big grin on his face, his arms open wide for a hug. I couldn’t meet his gaze. My … More Chin Up * 10 Minute Devotional
Free to Be Average * 10 Minute Devotional
08/11/2016
With the Olympics on, I’m guessing I’m not alone in feeling decidedly average. I can’t do a three-and-a-half somersault dive. No triple back layouts on the balance beam for me. There has never and will never be a day when I jump a nine-foot fence on a giant thoroughbred. My greatest sporting accomplishment was an … More Free to Be Average * 10 Minute Devotional
Pesto, Hamlet, Desperation, and Love * 10 Minute Devotional
08/04/2016
In seminary I was just an hour’s train ride from Manhattan. Upon hearing this, when my little sister came to visit, she insisted that we go into the city for an adventure. We loaded up all our tourist gear (huge cameras, ridiculous sandals, cross-body bags… yeah, we were stylin’) and hopped on the Staten Island Ferry. … More Pesto, Hamlet, Desperation, and Love * 10 Minute Devotional
Courtney Ellis 