Do I have to?
This month, we're focusing on Sabbath. The question I've heard: Do I have to? It sounds a lot like when you tell your kids to clean their room or do their homework or brush their [...]
Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity
Hey, it's Free Book Friday. Because we're focusing on Sabbath this month (although Living in Sabbath Simplicity is a topic we discuss frequently here), here's an excerpt from my book Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity, [...]
Too Busy to Take the Call (Even from God)
How many of us looked at the calendar this week and cried, "What? It's almost August?? How did that happen? summer is flying by!" So often we think of summer as a slower time. There [...]
Interview
How can we slow down, take time for rest? Fellow Redbud Writers Guild member Kelli Trujillo asked me the same thing. Our interview is posted at her blog at http://wp.me/p1UGq-ii I'd love it if you'd go [...]
Is Christ the center?
A snowy weekend, spent in serving others: yesterday, a meal for a friend whose husband is in the hospital; time spent listening and loving on that friend. Today, taking a friend's kids for the day, [...]
Healing Solitude
In the last seven days, I've stood up in front of people and given a talk seven times. Today, after giving two messages back to back at a retreat, I came home thinking I'd need [...]
“I couldn’t possibly…”
So, if you read the previous post and it made you angry or jealous, keep reading. If you said, "Well, she can do that, but I couldn't possibly..." then let's talk about it. I mean, [...]
“Come away and get some rest”
In Mark's sometimes fast-paced gospel, we read: "The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even [...]
Sabbath
I'm speaking on Sabbath next month, so I thought I'd take some notes on what Sabbath looks like at our house, with two teenagers. Fire, fierce and warming, glows in the worn brick fireplace in [...]
Greetings from cold-lanta
The weather here in Atlanta turned cold the day I got here--the southern sunshine giving a false impression. The natives keep apologizing, taking personal responsibility, apparently, for the cool temperatures. I'm writing this from a [...]