One night my husband's team decided to do street evangelism holding up a large wooden cross as they preached and handed out tracts. Continue Reading …
Do you think the apostle Paul's instruction to "be kind" is only for bickering children? The answer might not be what you first think. Continue Reading …
The theology of grace comes alive not in the textbooks of seminaries but in the ugly mess of our sinful living. Continue Reading …
A magnificent exchange of the blood of the perfect On for all of my deep, dark, even secret ugly sins seems, well, illogical and unfair. Isn't more required? Continue Reading …
When materialism oozes out of me and pride puffs me up and apathy makes me cold and gluttony fills my belly and lust satisfies my eyes . . . Continue Reading …
I hate math, but sometimes I act as if numbers are my thing. I'm guilty of counting "likes" on my Instagram post, RSVPs to my party, and visitors to my blog. Continue Reading …
One month as I sat down to write my landlord a note to accompany my rent check, I tried slipping God into my talk of cable cords, nail holes, and trashcans. . . Continue Reading …
We often sum people up by outward appearance. Unfortunately, our wrong assumptions can affect the way we treat others, even our brothers and sisters in Christ. Continue Reading …
Without question, the highlight of my Christmas holidays was the opportunity to visit and minister in a maximum security women's prison in Arkansas. Continue Reading …
It's a verse so well worn that it seems to have lost some of its luster, but we still need John 3:16. Continue Reading …
Santa just can't wrap his brain around the message of the Gospel. Can you? Continue Reading …
God's grace is like oxygen to our soul. Learn why we can't live without it and how to remain connected to His grace. Continue Reading …
We are deeply and hopelessly damaged, just like cracked pots, but God is the master Redeemer. Continue Reading …
Orphans teach us about the love of God, call us to sacrifice, and challenge us to value Christ-likeness above our comfort. Continue Reading …
God takes our broken and needy conditions, and through the work of Christ "in us," He reveals "His eternal power and divine nature." Continue Reading …
What difference do the cross and the empty tomb make for those who are facing pain or tears or failure? Continue Reading …
Nothing is random, everything has meaning, there is perfect harmony even in what looks chaotic. Continue Reading …
In a secluded area of a hotel, I came face to face with a suspicious looking man twice my size. My instinctive radar shot off alarming distress signals. Continue Reading …
For the first time, I understood Jesus didn't die to forgive me of my sin and leave me in it. He died to forgive and to free me from the power of sin! Continue Reading …
Do you ever find that sometimes who you actually are seems so different than who you are called to be? Continue Reading …
Identifying with Christ shapes the hours of my day and defines who I am becoming. I'm not content to stay the same. Continue Reading …