Why is the name of Jesus so powerful? Sometimes it isn't ... Take the seven sons of Sceva (Acts 19) - What went down was that Sceva's sons thought they could yell Jesus's name at some demons in a guy and they'd instantly flee--maybe into some pigs, or at least down the road. Not so. What [...]
So many women make their lives about self-improvement, posting about how they should be — they should be thinner, kinder, better mothers, better wives, better housekeepers, better earners. Listen to me. Right now, in this moment, you're enough. You really are. Even if you're fat or mean or selfish or lazy or have a miserable, [...]
Behind the Face I think one of our biggest mistakes with our Christianity is that we've put a face on it and then tried to live up to the face when it was always meant to be a heart thing. Normal We're each just as real and great and dumb and stupid as everyone else [...]
I'm offended that you're (full in the blank) Upset with me Correcting me Avoiding me Unfriending me Publicly correcting me Laughing at me Therefore every time I see you, hear mention of your name, or see a post by you, I will shake my head and sigh because I just don't like you all that [...]
God is beyond this world yet in us. He is outside time yet in this moment. He has seen our past yet applauds our present and welcomes us into our futures. His presence shines through our presence while in his presence. We come from him and are alive in him and return to him. Every [...]
Some people only seem to come alive when they're complaining. Don't make that your rocket power for living or you'll never make it to the moon.
Had such a, em, beautiful moment this morning that might never be erased from my mind.... My dog was pawing at the TV stand, sticking his nose under and trying to grab something with his teeth, so me, being the ever-loving doggie mom I am, stuck my hand in under there to pull his toy [...]
We've misrepresented the gospel for too long by diminishing it to sin vs. no sin. We've told people they get the grand prize of exchanging the sin they love for holiness, something not all that enticing to hearers when it doesn't promise to feed their soul in the ways they're used to. What if we [...]
I'm excited about seeing how much culture is changing re the perception of what women "should" be -- what they should wear, how they should speak, how confident they should be in company, how intelligent they should reveal they are in conversation, what jobs they should take, what roles they should be limited to... Emotions [...]
Some people have really crappy things happen to them, People betray them or let them down, money is tight, the struggle can be constant. But what I’ve found with people who only focus on those things is: if they look back over their lives for happy moments, they will invariably find some. Which makes me [...]
