What gets in the way?
Spoiler alert: Giving away free books. Leave a comment to enter the drawing! I grew up in a church that taught me to love God’s word. That was the up side. The down side was [...]
An interview with Colleen Coble
Thought you would enjoy reading an interview with Christian author Colleen Coble. The third book in her Mercy Falls series, The Lightkeeper’s Ball, releases this month. Colleen is a prolific author of romance, romantic suspense, [...]
Living a missional life
I haven't posted for a few days because I've been enjoying having my daughter back home. She's quite jet-lagged and experiencing a bit of what I call "culture dissonance," but home. She had a marvelous [...]
day by day
This morning I drove to O'Hare with another parent from our church, and we dropped our teens at the United Terminal. We hugged them goodbye and watched them walk inside to meet the rest of [...]
The foolishness of God
Today I'm participating in the Lenten Blog Tour. Be sure to visit other blogs on the tour--some really thoughtful posts are already up, and some amazing writers are participating. In a few days, my daughter [...]
What are you giving up, and what are you taking up?
So often we reduce the season of Lent, if we acknowledge it at all, to giving up some indulgence. But this "spiritual spring" is also a season of "taking up." We take up our cross, [...]
Spring Cleaning for the Soul
Ash Wednesday, 2011 The horizon—the color of ashes—promises a storm. The muddled snow, which had been melting, is arrested by the returning cold. Lent, a somber season, seems the practice even of my leafless gray [...]
How to study Scripture
If you received my newsletter this week, here’s the free article mentioned there. If you’d like to reprint this article elsewhere, just contact me for permission. If you just want to share the link, go [...]
Truly transformed?
The week’s first winner in our New Testament words contest is Harmony Wheeler, who asked about the word “transformation” in the New Testament: “How do we truly know God and The Spirit are transforming us? [...]
Limiting “screen time”
Reader and FB friend Lynda wrote to ask a parenting question. I'm no expert, so I'd love your opinion on this: "how do you limit electronics for your children in your home?" Our kids are [...]