I am going to confess something: For the longest time, I did not really understand the true meaning of hope in the life of a disciple. I put my faith in Christ, but I didn’t understand that the word hope now had a new meaning – things had radically changed in my life because…
Photo Credit I have a confession to make: I’ve stopped watching the news. I stopped watching because it either makes me incredibly sad, or it fills me with fear. I still follow the headlines a bit on twitter and the internet, but I refuse to watch another one-hour news report that is more like…
One day, I woke up and did not know who I was any more. For as long as I could remember, I’d worked hard to be an excellent teacher, a committed youth worker, and a beloved friend. I poured my whole life into these roles, and my whole identity was wrapped up in my skewed…
There is a passage in the Bible that troubles me some nights when my head hits the pillow. I am laying there cozy in my bed with my fluffy pillow under warm blankets in my air conditioned house in a nice neighborhood, and I hear the Holy Spirit whisper this passage in my…
A few years ago, I joined a few girlfriends for a night out on the town. After a yummy meal and lots of girl talk, we went for a walk. We discovered an open area downtown that had lots of shops and restaurants and a big central courtyard with little carts full of…
Photo Credit: Michael Schwarzenberger, via Pixabay A few months before my wedding, I dropped by an adorable little bridal shop to take a look around. It was a week night, and business was slower than usual. There was one employee in the shop, and she sat behind the counter with her nose in a book….