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August 2017

August 23, 2017

The Old Woman Who Needed to Be Heard

Ben and I were letting the kids run around to stretch their legs somewhere in...

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Carpe diem and Rest

My kids are sick. Nothing more than a cough and congestion, but some of them...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

Why We Don’t Have “Best” Friends

My daughter, Ophelia, is nine years old. She is slipping out of childhood and into...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

Hot Mess: A Reflection

I'm sitting down with a quad shot Cubano that I made with a fifteen dollar...

September 05, 2015

Lou Rhodes and Chicken Soup

It is raining outside, something the Northwest desperately needs right now. These are my favorite...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

The Three Biggest Errors of Conservative Christians In Talking About Abortion

By Lincoln Davis Wilson The Planned Parenthood sting videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress...

August 06, 2015

Missing a Compassion Component

Written by AMG I am in my mid-forties and approaching an anniversary date from 25...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Look: Part Three in a Series on Modesty

Over the years, as I have read and listened, and processed commentaries on modesty, something,...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

Love Wins

God created marriage. He created marriage to be between a man and a woman. Not...

June 23, 2015

Weak and Unashamed

I can't think clearly today. My whole body is sore. My head hurts. I'm not...

June 19, 2015

Jesus’ Eyes: Part Two in a Series on Modesty

Lust: a cornerstone in the modesty debate. One the one hand, we have the conservative...

June 12, 2015

To My Christian Brothers and Sisters Regarding Rachel Dozeal

As someone who struggles with mental illness, it sounds to me as though this woman...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Transition

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

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Chronic Illness and Sin

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

September 2014

September 23, 2014

When You’re Tired and Hurt or Answered Prayers 2014 No. 11

I was being careful, tending to my broken foot, my broken body. Hobbling around for...

September 04, 2014

Modesty of the Heart

Here’s a scenario: You and Jesus have the surfboards strapped to the top of the...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Confessing Our Sins Together

"Isn’t it a prick of insanity that we fear those who could do nothing...

June 23, 2014

Fighting My Goliath (aka Answered Prayer No. 7)

Recently on my Facebook page, I came out of the closet: I've been a slave...

June 13, 2014

This Gift is for Us

Earlier today I was reading 2 Chronicles 7. It is at the part where Solomon...

June 09, 2014

Sex, Drugs, Ink and Purity

Purity is not what you do or have done. It was not lost with how...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

Answered Prayers 5 & 6

Today, last year, I wrote this regarding the death of my best friend: Since...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Forgiveness and Trust

Confusing forgiveness and trust means that forgiveness doesn’t actually have any teeth; it’s grace without...

April 15, 2014

Modest About Immodesty

It's time for Christian men to stop having immodest reactions to immodesty. Yes, female immodesty...

April 14, 2014

March 2014

March 29, 2014

Unlikely Love

Jesus promised the world would see him in our love for one another (John 13:35)....

March 20, 2014

Living Truth

Next time you are hurt by someone's unkind words, next time you feel judged, next...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Good Housekeeping: Making the Most of Your Mission Field

My head hits a mountain of clean laundry that is waiting to be folded on...

February 11, 2014

Gossip

There’s no doubt that productively dealing with your inner critic or relational frustrations is a...

February 04, 2014

Answered Prayer No. 4

Today, I expected to see the lump that my doctor found a couple of weeks...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Free from Worry & Answered Prayer No. 3

I think perhaps the reason it is so easy for me to go sideways when...