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January 2018

January 25, 2018

(half) the sky is falling: why John Piper’s words should grieve men, too.

It's not that we need to unseat the already-seated orchestra. It's just that the orchestra...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

here & now

"How we live our days...is how we live our lives." -- Annie Dillard *** It...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

so you want to change the world:healing vs. changing

I have spent the past nine months working on my second book, which is about...

June 22, 2016

so you want to change the world

When I was interviewing at Yale's Physician Assistant program, I was 22 years old, sitting...

June 19, 2016

father’s day

I know for a lot of people, Father's Day can bring up a lot of...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

after africa

Hi, friends!!! I just wanted to write a quick update to let you know how...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

to the man who called my Somali refugee girls “terrorists.”

Yesterday, I checked out of my hotel in downtown Chicago. I had a few hours...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

my kenya registry

Friends! I have been invited to go to an orphanage in Kenya from April 24 -...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

children in the margins

I had the privilege of speaking at Northbrook Church in Milwaukee, WI, this weekend about...

February 16, 2016

do the thing

I spent my birthday (this past December) at a lodge in the Pacific Northwest. As...

January 2016

January 24, 2016

more: why i turned down the man of my dreams

The last time I was in a relationship was the month before I sold everything...

January 20, 2016

precious

A few years before my breast cancer diagnosis, an OB/GYN had cornered me in the...

January 18, 2016

wanted

You know how some days you wake up in the morning, and you have no...

January 10, 2016

known, loved, wanted, precious & free

Last week I offered to pray for people every day for the next 30 days,...

January 08, 2016

it happened one day at starbucks

You know how sometimes you feel someone's looking at you even though you're not looking...

January 04, 2016

the secret to 2016

I'm writing this post in O'Hare International Airport this morning. I was supposed to land...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

where have you come from and where are you going?

This week, as New Years Eve approaches, I've been thinking a lot about 2015. I've...

December 23, 2015

keeping the ‘mas’ in ‘christmas’

It's two days before Christmas, and there's lots to do. In many of our lives, there's always...

December 18, 2015

it’s here!!!

I had the opportunity to contribute devotionals to Zondervan's NIV Women's Study Bible that just...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

the gift of you

It's the first Monday of Advent. The beginning of the season where we remember the...

November 27, 2015

for kristin

My friend Kristin died of breast cancer on Wednesday night. Here's a piece I wrote...

November 25, 2015

the invisible girls’ first thanksgiving

Of all the stories I've told about the Invisible Girls, this is far and away...

November 18, 2015

love

I don't have many words to describe the grief in my heart after what transpired...

November 16, 2015

the sky is rising

Over the past few days, the world endured some devastating tragedies in Lebanon, Iraq and France. As I...

November 03, 2015

saint sarah: nightfall

This weekend we observed All Saints Day, and it got me thinking about what it...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

so you want to change the world

Since I returned from Togo, I've been on a writing deadline for my next...

October 13, 2015

the ground on which we stand

I landed in the U.S. on October 5th. One of the first things I saw...

October 12, 2015

fall dates

Hey, friends! I wanted to let you know about my fall dates. No, unfortunately, not...