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July 2014

July 16, 2014

Even Preacher's Kids Need Messy Grace

I'm so honored to have Ethan Boggs as a guest blogger today. Portions of this...

July 09, 2014

Why It's Good to Wrestle with Your Spouse

Lindsey and I have been married for seven years now. Our marriage isn't perfect, but...

July 01, 2014

Tajuan's story: I was exploited.

As founder and executive director of The Wellhouse in Birmingham, Alabama, Tajuan McCarty is very familiar with...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

"Joel Osteen is a fraud!" So am I.

I read a story recently about a guy who had been in ministry nearly all...

May 2014

May 20, 2014

Is it possible to live again? Life after PPD.

After Ben's birth in September 2011, I suffered from severe sleep deprivation, psychosis, and postpartum...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

Splash in the Puddles

Alabama weather: you really just never know. I'm sure folks in other parts of the...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

"I see the moon and the moon sees me…"

Yesterday, I wrote about my little boy wanting to catch airplanes and hold the moon. ...

February 26, 2014

Catching Airplanes

Ben Thomas and Lindsey were riding in the car the other night and he had...

February 18, 2014

Just Us

Lindsey and I have been on a "just us" long weekend and will be heading...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Surrendering the Splinter

I was driving to work early one morning, thinking of all my stressors. There are...

January 20, 2014

Children of His Heart

I left my journal at work last night. This particular interpreting assignment is at a...

January 08, 2014

Waiting to Exhale

I was sitting at the kitchen table, reading over some precious comments on my post...

January 06, 2014

Only Jesus

"Only Jesus", I read these two words quite often in the types of books and...

January 05, 2014

An Interview with a Younger Me:

Note: I love to pour through my old paper (imagine that!) journals from time-to-time, and...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

It's as if it never happened.

Standing in the ultrasound room recently with my bride, my little boy, my mother-in-law, and our...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Broken

"Trade your brokenness for His." That's what Paula Jones said last night and those are...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Anxiety: Not Your Grandma's Kind of Worry

This is a guest post by someone I think the world of. The author asked...

October 21, 2013

Pain in the Pew

"I don't know why I'm about to tell you this, but ever since you shared...

October 09, 2013

This is my story. I am a survivor. Grace is messy.

"From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story...

October 07, 2013

This is my story. I like alcohol…a lot. Grace is messy.

Here’s the meat and potatoes without wasting your time with 700 extra characters. I internally...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

My Friend Roger

The Introduction He weighs nearly 500 pounds and is wearing house shoes, sweat pants, a...

June 2013

June 23, 2013

You don't have to hurt.

This week has personally been the hardest week I have had in more than a year. ...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

Safe and Sound in the Father's Love

This morning, BT and I woke up, watched "Veggie Tales" and "Curious George" for a...

April 16, 2013

Kids are Disgusting

I have an 18-month-old little boy. BT is full of life, curiosity, love, and stubbornness. ...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Finding God in the Midst of Adversity

"Stevie, you know a little something about adversity." That's what my old Grandpappy said yesterday,...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

Adam Lanza Was Not a Freak

I am sitting in the lobby of the Hampton Inn this morning and listening to...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

Grace for the Horn-Honkers

I had just left a meeting at Children's Hospital and was walking across the parking...

July 2012

July 10, 2012

People Watching

Beside collecting shells, people watching is my favorite beach activity. You just never know. Three...

June 2012

June 04, 2012

Fascinated by the Light

It was a normal "Mr. Mom" moment: I was changing Ben's diaper. He has always...

May 2012

May 28, 2012

Give To Caesar

Matthew 22 was the text for this morning's sermon. I was taught something new, and...