We’re in the thick of the primaries and one thing’s for sure: We’ve never seen an election like this in our lifetime. Emotions are high and no matter your party affiliation or your candidate of choice, it seems there’s a shared sense that big things are afoot. We’re also in the midst of lent, the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday when Christians around the world have traditionally...
Becoming Whole
Imagine with me for a moment that later today your mom shows up, pulls you aside, and says, “I’ve been thinking about you and just wanted to come tell you face to face that I am so proud of you.” How would that feel? Considering what’s going on for you right now, what would it do for your heart? How would that play in your thoughts for the rest of the day? Now shift gears and imagine the same...
Want to Be Successful?
Jesus taught his followers to do two things above all: First, love God. Second, love other people. Talk about mission clarity.
You?
A change in my thinking helped me more fully welcome a fatherless boy into my home. My friend has given deep mercy to a once-hardened man.
Held
Maybe when it’s all said and done, this is why I follow Jesus—why I’m a Christian. Because Jesus came in the flesh, died and rose in the flesh, ascended in the flesh, and will return for us in the flesh. Because underneath so much of my trying, I’m a little boy whispering, “Will you hold me? I love it in your arms.
Identity, Image, and Instagram
We compare our monotonous, humdrum or even dark, painful moments to our friends’ highlight reels and we’re left in a hurricane of inadequacy, feeling ashamed, not enough.
