I read an incredible book this week. I strongly recommend it. It’s called Soundtracks by Jon Acuff. It’s an easy read and funny and super helpful. In Soundtracks,, Acuff urges us to…
Category: discipleship
Bad news first.
Do you want the bad news first or the good news? Happy Easter weekend to you wonderful readers. Or Passion Week or Holy Week or Passover or Resurrection Sunday if you prefer….
Best place on earth.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Don’t forget to wear something green. As you get settled back into normal life after spring break, I want to ask you a question: Of all the places…
Mine.
Anyone who has been the parent of a three year old has heard this simple yet forceful declaration of ownership: “MINE!” It’s actually an important developmental milestone for children as they are…
Happily ever after.
We are trained since childhood to enjoy a good story all the way until its happy ending. Whether it’s a fairy tale, a Disney movie, or a classic novel, once the guy…
Honey in the rock.
Oh how sweet, how sweet it is, to hear my darling niece Mady sing the song “Honey in the Rock” when she’s on the worship team! Do you think it’s important to…
New habits.
I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year. The holidays have ended, vacations have ended and an entire year of our lives has ended. Endings are melancholy and twinged with…
Connected.
Don’t you wish you could stay forever? My family and I went on a trip to Kauai last spring and it. was. amazing. Easily the highlight of 2022 and maybe my life….
To don’t.
Well fams, it’s Thanksgiving week. Let’s take a quick inventory: How are we doing? People say, “the holidays are upon us” as if they are a burden as heavy as Santa’s over-stuffed…
Hard rest.
Resting is hard work! I don’t mean vegging out in front of the TV. That is not hard work. It’s the easiest thing in the world. But it’s also not actual rest––the…