Encouragement. Biblical Truth. Fun!
Encouragement. Biblical Truth. Fun!
As humans, we naturally gravitate toward law—what we can do. We want to take our future into our own hands and somehow guarantee an outcome. Yet the gospel gives us a guarantee that requires no action on our part. Just belief. The beauty we experience or the terror we fight is that the gospel is …
It is so subtle, I hardly notice I’m being led to believe mothers are inadequate to make decisions for our children’s lives. We are taught a doctor is the authority on our child’s health. A teacher is the authority on our child’s education. A pastor is the authority on our child’s spiritual walk. A government …
It’s easy to feel you have already talked about everything with your spouse–maybe a few too many times. The same conversations, hot spots, and discussions keep circulating, and Elisha and I can find ourselves assuming we know what the other person is thinking, wanting or feeling. The New Year is the perfect time to ask …
My word for this year, is “miss out.” Not, “no.” Not, “say yes to the best.” Because I’ve done those things. Every week I say no to opportunities, obligations, events, requests. But it’s not enough. The last three months I have been living my dream life. My dream town. My wonderful family. My dream job. …
It’s one of our favorite times of year. A time to pause and reflect on the past 12 months, learn, and see how we can leverage that knowledge moving forward. We used to think of the New Year as a time to set SMART goals. You know, the ones that are “Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, …
If we don’t do things that scare us . . . consistently . . . we aren’t staying in a place of growth. Lulled to sleep in our comfort zones, we stop learning and stretching ourselves as people. I’ll never forget the year my mother said her one goal for the year was to do …