How I decluttered my faith and found this one true thing
A few years ago, Marie Kondo captivated me with The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Filled with adventure, decluttering, and searches for what “sparks joy,” her message of simplifying [...]
God wants to talk to you like a mom talks to her newborn. Seriously.
A few days ago I met up with a friend for coffee. We talked about our families, work, school, and everything else. Then our conversation turned to faith and the seasons in life when it seems like [...]
The big deal about Jesus
All of our lives orbit around something. For Christians, it's easy to say that our lives orbit around Jesus. But the truth is that we have a lot of things competing to be our center: Family [...]
The surprising thing that happened when I quit applying the Bible to my life
"Jesus, what do you have to say to me through these Bible verses today? How do they relate to my life and how can I apply them?" This has been the prayer on my heart as I've read the Bible for [...]
Jesus offers us a risky invitation (psst. it's worth taking)
My dad has always been a great storyteller. Though he was silly at times when he told them (similar to the way Jesus taught his disciples), my dad taught me a lot about the world and about faith [...]
The power of sharing our story
Nothing says summer to me like the smell of campfire, roasting marshmallows for s'mores, and telling stories. Whether you’re in the back yard or deep in the woods with the stars overhead and [...]
Jesus-Centered: Why all the "shoulds"?
"It's wrong to should people into a love relationship, and it's worse than wrong--actually, heretical--to should people into a love relationship with Jesus." --Rick Lawrence, The Jesus-Centered [...]