We miss out on the gift of knowing God in a real, experiential way… When we always pretend to be okay, strong or together. When we hide in busyness, entertainment…
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vulnerability is my best and worst friend
Anna is sick and her normally active self wants to be held more minutes than not. Held because she is tired. Held because she doesn’t want to be alone. Held…
believing God vs. believing everything else
Every mental struggle, underlying worry or prideful tendency can be traced to what I’m believing about God in that moment. The same with every deep joy, grateful thought or confident…
discovering the God I could truly live for
It was when the cycle of striving, perfecting, worrying and pretending became too much and I was ready to give it up that God said, Finally. This is where we can start. Humble. Needy. Desperate for something outside myself to be the answer. Then I realize how much was lacking in my view of God. So I spent months asking, Who is God, really? Who is He to me? Who is He for me? What is He like? What does He sound like?
worry is what the world does
David Platt preached a sermon right when COVID-19 was blowing up all over the country and our computer screens, and many of his words have stuck to me like glue….
A personal story: the appearance of streams when inside is a desert
I’d like to tell you a story. A flyover at least. A story of a girl and her experience with God. I began an exile from Him – the Holy…