Painted into the Picture Imagine a painting of a group of men and women casually dressed, seated on couches and chairs in a living room. They are laughing, talking, and enjoying one another’s company. In one corner of the couch,… Read More »Pursuing Intentional Christian Community
Fail, Fail, Fail, Again? “I love failure!” said no one, ever. In fact, most likely you’ve said the exact opposite, right? “I hate failure!” This summer, God gave me the most magnificent opportunity to learn about failure. I knew in… Read More »Grit in the Midst of Imperfection and Failure
How Do You View Jesus? My personal relationship with Jesus includes a lot of joy and humor. I think that’s because so much of my life I spent thinking that Jesus was so serious. My image of Jesus was of… Read More »Humor and Joy When Jesus Laughs
Flashy Prayers I wonder at what age we suddenly begin to think that our prayers have to sound holy. “Heavenly Father, we beseech thee on our knees with our heads bowed in reverence. We humbly request…” Have you ever heard… Read More »One-Word-Prayer
Stop and Go Last week I saw some kids in the park playing this game called Stop and Go! Do you remember it? You have one kid in charge of yelling out the verbal directions and the rest of the kids… Read More »A Game Of Stop and Go With The Spirit
Look What You’ve Done! Did you read the title as a statement of reproach or celebration? You can look at it both ways. Have you ever gone from celebration to shame in 2.3 seconds flat? I have. Well, maybe it… Read More »Shame Says: Look What You’ve Done
I didn’t have to write last night. Technically all of my writing can be accomplished during the school day. But my heart was bursting with gratitude to my Savior for carving out a place for me. A perfect, pre-planned and… Read More »Writing School and My Miracle Working God
I just returned from riding horses in the mountains at the peaceful Deep Canyon Guest Ranch in Choteau, Montana. I loved everything about it. The owners, cooks, wranglers, and staff made the week as comfortable as staying with my extended… Read More »Putting Our Faith Where Our Mouth Is
The Heart Cries Out What is the cry of your heart? At the core of you… where your truest self is, what do you want to say to God? Is it a prayer, a request, a grateful song of worship… Read More »God’s Business is Answered Prayers
Revival Under the Big Tent I went to an honest-to-goodness tent revival meeting last week. At some point between the opening song of “Our God Reigns” and later during “I Exalt Thee” a little piece of my soul came back… Read More »The Joy of Following Jesus