False idols make for pretty great gods. At least for a little while, anyway. How many times have I looked at my life and felt sure I was depending on…
This is a first for me. I’ve never made a top 10 list of my posts before. However, there were a handful of posts this year that stood out so…
On this day two years ago, I was about 4 weeks pregnant and hardly anyone knew. During a season full of so much anticipation and joy, the experience of being…
Yesterday, the internet exploded. In case you somehow missed the insanity, A&E suspended Phil Robertson from its popular Duck Dynasty show following comments he made about gay people and African…
A few weeks ago my husband and I invited a Trinity professor and his wife over for dinner. The professor is a theology scholar and the first reader for my…
Anticipating joy is itself a joy. Ruth Bell Graham I’ll never forget the day after our honeymoon. For 8 long months I had been planning my wedding and honeymoon, and…
On and off, for the past couple months, I have been digging into the Song of Songs. Random, right? No I’m not trying to spice up my sex life, and…
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope the holiday has been full of love, family, friends, and good food! Now, I know the title of today’s post sounds a little self-serving. This…
A couple months ago I was chatting with a writer friend about our respective ministries, when she asked me a question I wasn’t prepared for: “I’ve noticed you’ve been distancing…
Last week I had the privilege of attending the Q conference on Women and Calling. For one day, 12 women delivered 18 minute messages on the topic of calling, and…
