My Family Manifesto
For many young women, life just sort of happens to them. They don’t give much thought about where they want to go and what they want their lives to look like. In their families, that means they just get by. …
Lay Aside Doubt and Fear
The race in which we run has numerous opportunities for doubt and fear. If we don’t run with faith and trust, our race has no joy, no peace, and certainly no freedom. So how do we lay aside doubt and …
The Unexpected Rescue
I’d heard the phrase “God is love” plenty of times, but I never really took it to heart. After all, “God is love” seemed to contradict the way in which some Christians had treated me and others. I was never …
How to Stop Living Backward
I once dressed myself, drove to the airport, went through the entire security process, flew to another city, attended and spoke at an event, and finally found my way to a hotel room late in the evening before realizing that …
Lover of Life
How many followers of Jesus love life? I mean really love life, with palpable energy. Have you seen them? There are a few out there. I have met one or two. They are good people to be around. You feel …
What Is Your Etc.?
When Jesus sent out his disciples, he was kind enough to pair them up two by two. He gave them authority to deal with evil opposition, to which I suppose they may have gulped, eyes wide with fear. But what …
Discerning Your Vocational Love Language
I am convinced that there are as many different ways of knowing God at work as there are workers, and that each person’s experience of God on the job is as unique as his or her fingerprint. Each of us …
You Might Be Pharaoh in the Exodus Story
The Hebrew language is best understood as describing a people in action, moving from here to there. Genesis is all about movement: out of the Garden, out of Harran, out of Canaan, and finally into Egypt. Many scholars see Genesis …
Love for the Next 10 Minutes
From families to friendships, neighborhoods to churches, people have disagreements about details and how things should be. In the midst of this, love (engaging the will for what is best for a person) is often forgotten. Like the teacher of …