Fairytales have ruined me. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been on a steady media diet of Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After. …
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Not Giving Up
When I first announced that I would be moving to Atlanta, many people responded in one of two ways. Half of my friends and family …
Read More »Crazy God
Last weekend, we were sharing a meal with a group of friends, and we began to tell flights-gone-wrong stories. My husband related several in which …
Read More »A Place to Pray
“Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray” (Mark 1:34, NLT).
Read More »The Kingdom Manifesto
Many claim to be followers of Jesus. “We’re Christian,” they say. But do they realize what that means? Here is Luke’s most concentrated summary of …
Read More »The Eternal Fix
“I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could [fix us] make us right with God, then there …
Read More »Contrarian People
How do we define a person who is against what everyone else is for? How do we describe their contrariness? “Someone who automatically tends to …
Read More »His Powerful Arm
“O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!” —Jeremiah 32:17
Read More »Our Universe
“By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can …
Read More »Priceless in His Eyes
“What about this, Dad?” Holding up a colorful square box, I grimaced as dust particles speckled my clothes. My father glanced down with a smile, …
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