This is a variation of a talk I gave at a middle school chapel service recently. I was asked by a sweet 8th grade friend and it was fun. I…
abiding
When prayer doesn’t change your mood
It’s been years since I first heard the idea that prayer is more than making requests to God and even more than praising Him, but continuous openness to God. Some…
practicing coram deo
R.C. Sproul said, “The highest goal of the Christian life is to behold the face of God.” Dallas Willard said, “The first and most basic thing we can and must…
motherhood lately: change, surrender, pressure
“Not all noises need to be responded to or fixed, but every noise they make demands something from you.” John says this and I start crying and laughing at the…
the script you live from
I’m weary of the way I’m carrying things. That’s the line that went through my mind at 4:32pm. The 4-5pm window is probably the hardest hour of the day in…
a few things I’m learning in real time
If I hold on to anything other than God too tight, it ruins it, or it becomes idolatrous. I am the gatekeeper of what gets in, what gets to sit…