Can you spend your whole life around Christianity and still miss Jesus? Yes… you can.This past week, I had the blessing of speaking at chapel at Happy Hollow Christian Academy, and I centered the mess...  Read More

Christian, you already know how we’re called to live.Love people well. Open your home. Stay faithful. Stop gripping money so tight. Be the kind of person who shows up, who doesn't close off, who keeps...  Read More

“Not now, God.”I don’t say it out loud. But I say it every time I feel that nudge. Send the text, make the call, ask forgiveness, offer forgiveness, stop scrolling, open the Bible…and my reflex is, “N...  Read More

Social media is great for a lot of things. It keeps us connected to family and friends. I love the fact that I can watch kids grow into adults in Spokane, and then watch their kids grow. I really enjo...  Read More

Have you ever crawled into bed exhausted, reached for your phone “just for a minute,” and that minute turns into an hour?Last night it was 10:30 p.m. for me. I’d been scrolling Instagram after a long ...  Read More

When I got home yesterday, Jennifer wanted to sit and catch up.“Give me 15 minutes. I need to send two emails and answer some texts. I’ll rest after everyone goes to bed.”Somehow, I’d convinced myself...  Read More

I looked up at the end of last week and realized I hadn't just worked hard, I'd slowly run my soul dry. I took Friday off to just…be.That rhythm isn’t new to me. I get into a groove where I run hard a...  Read More

My life often seems ruled by the tyranny of the urgent and the demands of the monotonous. It’s a cyclic trap we usually don’t realize we’re in, because it feels like “normal,” and normal rarely sets o...  Read More

There’s a particular kind of hurt that isn’t just discouraging; it invades your internal dialogue. It hurts so much that it shakes up your identity. It whispers conclusions while you’re still gasping ...  Read More

Have you ever had a week where nothing “bad” happened… and yet you still felt spiritually drained?Bilbo Baggins described it better than I can: “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped ove...  Read More

Last night, I lay in bed with my mind doing what it does best when the lights go out…rehearsing.Rehearsing all the failures, all the insufficiencies, all the what ifs, and I should ofs. Failure as a f...  Read More

Type your new text here. There are pains you don’t “get over.” You just learn how to carry them…sometimes poorly, sometimes by sheer grace.In my 20’s, my daughter died. In my 50’s, my son did. And I c...  Read More