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…
Tag: 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…
The Power of Bad Stories: Telling the Hard Parts Even When it Hurts
When we think of inspiration, we often think of blooming flower fields and hot cups of home-brewed coffee and perfectly organized desks. But I want to challenge that vision. I believe true and lasting inspiration, and ultimately impact, is found in the stories behind the dying flower pots that you tried so hard to keep…
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…
This Will Always Feel Like Home
I have one more day left here in Madrid. Writing that down feels so weird. It feels as if just yesterday I wrote my week-one wrap-up. It just goes to show that time really does fly when you’re having fun. This new place and these new people and experiences have gone by in a blink…
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…
