These days it feels like you can’t get through your day without having succeeded in offending someone. There are so many ways this can be accomplished: Fat shaming Body shaming Ageism Sexism Ableism *Insert any number of phobias here I am pretty sure I’ve offended someone now, because I left out their favorite way to…
It has been said that if you’re struggling to get through your day, just do the next thing. But how do we know what the next thing should be, when so many things seem urgent? How do we avoid falling into the black holes of distraction, as we try to find a way to calm…
A recent Lifeway Research report revealed that more churches are closing than are being opened. But before we blame this on COVID-19, this report is actually from 2019, a year before restrictions shut church doors and moved us all online. In 2019, 3,000 new churches were started, but 4,500 churches closed. One doesn’t really feel…
Today I am continuing with my podcast series on walking with Chronic Illness as a Christian woman, and today’s topic is finding rest. Rest is something that most people struggle with. We have heard the message of work harder, try harder, hustle more. And trying to live up that image that has been fed to…
This is a question I get a lot in my email and social media. It’s hard having a consistent quiet time when our kids are small, because you never know when you’ll be interrupted, and when you’ll be able to get back to your quiet time. If ever. What’s worse, the enemy takes advantage of…
There is no lack of advertisements today about how to be happy and successful in life. Usually these advertisements are filled with promises that you can set your own hours – just a few hours a week, go on fancy cruises, drive luxury cars, and are usually accompanied by a tanned couple wearing RayBans standing…
