Free book Friday in our Deeply Loved study!
It’s Free Book Friday! Today is your first chance to enter a drawing to win a free autographed copy of Deeply Loved: 40 Ways in 40 Days to Experience the Heart of Jesus. We’ll be [...]
How can you walk in God’s presence?
Today is Day 2 on our Deeply Loved Lent adventure. Today's devotional is all about simply focusing our attention on Jesus throughout the day, and enjoying the gift of his presence with you. If you're [...]
Will you follow the voice of love?
On hard days, we wonder--where is God? We strain to hear the voice of love over the noise of our lives. But what if it is not that God is silent, but that we are [...]
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. [...]
Free e-book copy of Breathe
Many of you remember my 2005 book Breathe. I know some of you continue to use it as a resource for small group discussions or your moms' ministries, or just to remind yourself to slow [...]
What keeps you running?
My race training schedule today called for "4 miles easy" today. About a year ago, I would not have used "4 miles" and "easy" in the same paragraph, much less the same sentence. But when [...]
A call to loving action re: World Vision’s decisions
OR: Why I didn’t, and still won’t, drop my sponsored child When I heard about World Vision’s recent decision to allow hiring of employees in same-sex marriages, it never even occurred to me to drop [...]
Spring cleaning for the soul
Today's warm weather (and the threat of more snow later this week) got me thinking about spring cleaning. Does anyone do that anymore? I need to, of course--in the house, in the backyard, where the [...]
Four questions to facilitate spiritual formation in small groups
Life change happens in small groups. If we ask ourselves and our groups the right questions, we can create environments for transformation. If you lead a small group, one of your goals might be to [...]
The Gift of Christmas Present (Part 1)
The Christmas season is one of joy, and angst. We long to have a meaningful, simple Christmas season, but we get sucked into consumerism and a Black Friday frenzy that spilled, this year, into Thursday. [...]