In one of our school sessions a few weeks ago, the audience sang a line from Lindy Cofer’s song “Take Courage”: There’s a yes in our hearts and it carries through eternity. Simple obedience changes history. Simple obedience changes history….
I think most of our bad decisions start with asking ourselves the question, “Did God really say…?” When Eve was tempted by satan in the garden, this was the question that started it all. Did God really say she couldn’t…
I wrote about living above reproach a few weeks ago, and I wanted to offer some practical questions you can ask yourself if you’re not sure whether a behavior is truly above reproach or not. The Holy Spirit is always…
“Don’t tell anyone.” Has anyone ever said that to you before? I’ve gotten that request about as many times as I’ve made it, which is a lot. I’m a fairly private person (I know, it’s God’s sense of humor that…
“What in my life is not okay anymore?” That’s the question Havilah Cunnington recently challenged me to ask God in one of her books. I know I’m not perfect. Oh, how aware of that fact I am. Most of the…
Yesterday my friend Makyna sent me a podcast from Jonathan David and Melissa Helser called “The Humanity of Jesus,” insisting I had to give it a listen. Six minutes in, I was already crying. (And I’m really not much of…
I am not a gardener. I really want to be, but I fail every time I try. My grandpa had this huge garden that would produce so many strawberries, zucchini, melons, and green beans every summer that he had to…
Several years ago, I was living in a different city, struggling in seemingly every area of my life, and so over-stressed that I was having panic attacks. In the middle of a panic attack so severe that it lasted several…