The Potential Perils of Self (ie)-Esteem
The hunt for self-esteem is everywhere. Advice on how to achieve it can be found in parenting articles, business coaching, and the self-help section of every bookstore. According to the Harvard Business Review: Self-esteem…
Continue readingAdvent: A Hopeful Story
What’s on your Christmas wish list this year? Is there one item in particular that you’re hoping to receive? (Rule out the fact that, as an adult, you could probably acquire this…
Continue readingDefeating Your Past
Do you ever feel like your faults, failures and past sins disqualify you from being used by God? Sometimes those voices that tell me those things get so overpowering that I start…
Continue readingA Dozen Pre-Thanksgiving Hacks (2020 Edition)
A Dozen Pre-Thanksgiving Hacks (2020 Edition) 1) Make everyone stay at the table for a full hour. Set a timer. No one leaves. No one. And not a bit of dessert or a…
Continue readingGod Speaks
God speaks to us through creation. He speaks to us through his Word. God speaks to us through quiet hearts. When I was little, I was baffled—BAFFLED—by Jesus’ desire to pray. “Why would…
Continue readingPut Not Your Trust in Princes
When injustice assaultsagainwhen image-bearers dieagainwhen grieving mothers mournagainwhen communities lamentagainwhen eyes are closedagainwhen backs are turnedagainwhen right takes a hitagainwhen business as usual returnsagainwhen accountability is questionedagainwhen narratives are twistedagainwhen anger risesagainwhen…
Continue readingChanging Seasons
September 29, 2020, 2:36 p.m. Outside my window trees are tossing down their crimson, golden and blaze orange leaves, unfurling a vibrant welcome mat for the changing season. The newly cool autumn…
Continue readingStepping Away From Un-Christian Politics
Stepping Away From Un-Christian Politics If you’re on social media or are watching the news for more than twelve seconds, you’re sure to spot some sort of rant about a political figure.…
Continue readingFaith in Turmoil and Tumult
Over the last few months, we all have seen the memes about 2020. My favorite: “If 2020 were a piñata” superimposed over a picture of a huge paper wasp nest. I love…
Continue readingWhere Can We Turn for Certain Hope in Uncertain Days?
Where do you go for hope? Where do you turn when the world feels upside down? What comforts you when life goes off the rails? Here are four truths from scripture that…
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