I’ve always had this idea that I would love beer. I mean why would I not? Almost every adult I’ve ever known has liked beer. My brother owns a Beer Bible for heaven’s sake. And every country song I’ve grown up loving has alluded to the fact that beer is like heaven on earth. One…
Category: Everyday Kind Of Faith
4 Truths That Reclaim And Revitalize Our Identity In Christ
We scattered around the empty room as a song of worship washed over us. Our mission was to pray for the seats and the space of our building so that when people come into church they would feel the power and presence of God. We opened our ears and hearts to discover anything that God…
Forget What The World Says: How The Word Of God Defines A Great Woman
Woman… What does it look like to be a woman? To be the best woman you can be? I have noticed that we too often look to the media or popular figures to tell us what being a woman, an empowered, strong, beautiful woman, looks like. There are so many messages being thrown at us…
Challenging Normalcy: Shifting Conversations From Trivial To Meaningful
Eight of us huddled around a table at a local Burmese restaurant in Mandalay, Myanmar. It had been a long day of travel, exploring temples, local shops, a monastery, and the beautiful Mandalay Bay with a solid group of friends. We were all exhausted, and I distinctly remember it being a hot night. There was…
Live Like Jesus: Escaping The Christian Comparison Trap
The other day I caught myself in the act of comparing my faith and holiness to another woman’s. Her long, wavy hair, modest yet stylish outfit, and ability to lead a group of others so well made me jealous. It made me want to be like her. In that moment I was already thinking of…
Small Steps For Living A More Generous Life
It had been a long and exhausting day of traveling, and we now stood on the train platform waiting for our next train. “Delay Approx. 15 min.” We all shifted our eyes upward and let out an annoyed sigh as those words rolled across the platform screen. We were all pretty upset. And we were…
3 Tips to Help You Read The Bible, Even When You Don’t Get That “Feeling”
I was talking to a friend about reading the Bible the other day, and she turned to me and said, “It’s so hard for me to read the Bible when I don’t feel like I’m getting anything from it. It doesn’t bring me the joy or revelations that I hear people talking about all the…
Being Embodied Love: A Life Like Jesus’
So you’re probably sitting there wondering, “What does embodied love even mean?” Let me explain a little bit behind this name and and what that means for your life. The simple truth behind “Embodied Love” is this: Jesus was the physical incarnation of love. And if we are made in His likeness, that makes us embodied…
Chasing Your Dreams With A Purpose
All my life I have believed that I would do something extraordinary – something so big that people would know who I am. Growing up I always had people telling my parents that they “can’t wait to see what Maddy does in the future.” Because they recognized my passion for life and my capability to achieve anything I set my mind to. And while it is a good thing to have passions and dream big dreams, it can be a dangerous road if you’re not careful.
When Writing Reaches Upward
What is writing if it serves no purpose? What good is a blog that neither shifts minds nor molds hearts nor encourages bodies? What is the point of a platform if it creates no lasting effect on its audience? And why spend your life writing things that only enter the reader’s brain for a second…
