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October 2016

October 30, 2016

I Why I Need to Celebrate Halloween

Firstly, Halloween isn't inherently evil. You can just chuck that idea into the garbage disposal....

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Too Much Salt?

"I don't want to lose this friendship," I said. "I don't either" she confessed. Our...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Gospel Suffering

"Whenever you love, you reenact Jesus' death. Consequently, gospel stories always have suffering in them....

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Transition

You know that feeling when you are in labor, transition stage, I think they call...

March 06, 2015

Sacrificial Friendship

"The sacrificial building up of one another — this is what makes Christian friendship, well, Christian. It’s...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Wanted: True Friends (and 10 Steps to Finding Them)

I had my first BFF when I was 5 or 6 years old. One day,...

February 04, 2015

A Good Type of Weak

"I'm at my worst when I'm passionate about a new idea. I can drift into...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Enough

My eyes are swollen. My face hurts. Crying will do that. Do you ever have...

January 26, 2015

Answered Prayers 2015

"Feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate where your heart is in the moment,...

January 18, 2015

Snares of Parenthood

How often do we grasp at our children's lives? We are so careful, so particular,...

January 17, 2015

The Blessing of Biblical Headship

Ten years into the marriage and I'm learning to communicate better with my husband. I'm...

January 08, 2015

The Point

I think most of us get caught up in the destination question. Where are we...

January 05, 2015

Dependent, Not Brave

The only way to parent is with faith that God is able to keep and...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

New Changes in 2015

I went all in for 2014. God answered my prayers and blessed my resolution. Life...

December 24, 2014

Christmas Spirit Recaptured

I was really sad when one year, much to my dismay, Christmas simply wasn't as...

December 10, 2014

Listen to These

I'm in the process of re-listening through this sermons series. They are longer sermons (45-50...

December 03, 2014

Mom Body

As I get older, my metabolism with slow, my hormones will fluctuate, my body won’t...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Mercies

I was looking for a particular photo today and ran across this one. I was...

November 21, 2014

Facebook: Blessing or Curse

So let me ask you: how are you using social media to join you to...

November 13, 2014

Chronic Illness and Sin

If someone tells you that the reason you are hurting, the reason you are sick,...

November 08, 2014

Do You Still Believe?

Christian, it is good that you accepted Christ and believed in Him once, but do...

November 07, 2014

Marriage

I listened to these two sermons today and they were the best sermons I've ever...

November 06, 2014

Suicide, Heroism and Worth

The questions about assisted suicide aren’t the right questions. We tend to ask shouldn’t everyone...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Sola Fide

In case you were wondering: Halloween: Hallow = Holy Halloween or All Hallows' Eve is...

October 18, 2014

On Pride

Part of the power of pride’s duplicity is in its parasitic nature: it latches on...

October 11, 2014

Tasting

We enjoyed an incredible lunch of home-made onion soup with gruyère croutons a couple of days...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Gossip Theology

Gossip is the opposite of how the Son speaks to the Father about you. The...

September 25, 2014

Preaching to Myself

On this side of Glory, our bodies don't always function the way they should. Health...

September 12, 2014

Christian,

Remember who are. Remember your name, the name God gave you, and go out with...

September 12, 2014

Sin: Kill or Be Killed

Would you call someone a doctor if s/he only studied and practiced casually and sporadically?...