What are you longing for this Lent?
I went for a run this week in the woods. The subzero weather has abated, and things are beginning to melt. But the path shaded by tall, bare trees remains hidden from sunlight, and still [...]
GodSpace releases today!
When you write a book, or raise a child, you realize that much of what happens next is beyond your control. The book might get scheduled for release on a certain day, and your child [...]
Is hospitality a spiritual gift?
Hey friends! It's been a while, right? Wanted to let you know I'm working on a new book, titled GodSpace: Embracing the Inconvenient Adventure of Intimacy with God. The good people at FaithWords publishers are [...]
Be encouraged
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing--The Apostle Paul, in his letter to believers. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) My mother and I, in a flash of ambition, sort through [...]
Xenophobia and philoxenia (or, what is biblical hospitality?)
A common critique put on 21st Century Christians is that they are better known for what they are against, than what they are for. I don't think this is true of all Christians--but the criticism [...]
Day 4 of Deeply Loved
Thanks for the tweets and posts from yesterday's book give-away. I'm speaking at a writer's conference today, so we'll announce our winner on Monday. Today's practice is often called the "review of the day." It [...]
How to Pray When You Can’t Pray, part 2
We're giving away a free book today. Read on to learn how to enter to win. UPDATE: YOU MUST TWEET OR COMMENT BY MIDNIGHT CENTRAL TIME TODAY, JAN. 22, TO BE ENTERED IN THE DRAWING. [...]
Bring it! (or, How to figure out your true priorities)
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that [...]
Advent Soul Care
I'm guest blogging at Gifted For Leadership (a leadership blog for women) today, on caring for your soul during Advent. Advent anticipates the quiet miracle of the incarnation. How can we say yes to waiting and [...]
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 [...]
