A springtime gift for your soul: Sabbath
Winter seems unwilling to yield to spring here in the Midwest, and I know we all feel weary. A month ago, my crocuses bloomed. Crocuses This week, we're getting snow. Check out this [...]
GodSpace for Groups!
I'm super excited to let you know that the long, careful writing and editing process for GodSpace:Embracing the Inconvenient Adventure of Intimacy with God is finished! This baby goes to the printer today. The editing [...]
When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?
Jennifer Grant, one of my favorite authors and favorite people, has a new book out: When Did Everybody Else Get So Old: Indignities, Compromises and the Unexpected Grace of Midlife. It is a collection of [...]
Three Bible Words That Might Surprise You
Taking time each day to read the Bible can help us grow spiritually, and experience God’s love. Truth? I am sometimes tempted to skip this spiritual practice or hurry through it, because I think I've [...]
Should you build your business by writing a book?
Success depends, in part, on not just providing a great product or a necessary service, but on letting people know about those products or services. In other words, you’ve got to tell your story. You [...]
What do you want?
Our DeeplyLoved Lent series is drawing to a close. We've got just a few more days until Easter. Today is Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. Traditionally, it's the day we remember Jesus and [...]
Why the Psalms are in the Bible
My friend Jen is Episcopal, and the girl knows her way around The Book of Common Prayer --a book I never even heard of until I was in college. I'm vaguely jealous of her familiarity [...]
How to experience unconditional love
Sabbath--just saying that word brings a sort of peace to our frazzled minds. Day 27 of our Deeply Loved Lent study is on one of my favorite topics. I've written a couple of books about [...]
Five simple strategies for slowing down
We live hurried lives. We sometimes feel restless and unsettled. Imagine someone telling you: "You are like a jar of river water all shaken up. What you need is to sit still long enough that the [...]
Is God adorable?
What, or whom, do you adore? Your kids, your spouse, your friends? Coffee or chocolate? An adorable cappuccino. We tend to use the word adore and all its iterations rather lightly. "That is [...]