I used to have dazzling quiet times. I sat on my bed, holding my four-part prayer notebook as if it were a cherished artifact. Pulling back the tab marked “adoration,” I peered at a list of forty words that described …
I’ve come to learn that the first rule of hospitality is the same as the cardinal rule of writing: consider your audience. Offer food and atmosphere that is helpful and accessible. Make it as easy as possible for guests to …
Two things you never want to do. Never scream “Fire!” in a crowded theater, and never whisper the word tolerance in church, unless you want to be tied to a stake and burned. OK, I’m being facetious and a little …
There is a barrier we place between lost people and God that may not seem to you to be a barrier at all. It’s the church building. To “think outside of the box” is to see beyond the norm—to think …
Darlene longed to have a child. After years of waiting, blonde, blue-eyed Amber was born. She was the perfect baby. She slept, nursed, and smiled. She was never sick, always agreeable. Angel Baby became her nickname. As Amber grew, Darlene …
God is more present at your work than you know. And I think he wants you to know that. God wants you to see that he is there and that his Spirit is moving in you, through you, and all …
There are very helpful phrases to describe the kind of behavior that keeps us from experiencing freedom—or for settling for external freedom while still experiencing slavery on the inside. We find ourselves, like Moses and Pharaoh at different points in …
The first bully of my life was my fourth-grade teacher. My teacher, whom we will call Mrs. Wretched, seemed about eighty-nine years old, she wore polyester skirts and sensible shoes, and the flesh of her arms swayed when she wrote …
Boundaries with people are the hardest to set, and you may not even know yet if you have a problem. In her book, You Can Do This: Seizing the Confidence God Offers, author Tricia Williford looks at several things a …
