**Some of the links below are affiliate links*, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** The word meditate is can be one that makes Christians uncomfortable. We get this idea of someone sitting cross-legged, eyes closed, and … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links*, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** I have a confession: I’ve been kind of anti-devotional in the past. Not because I didn’t like them. I’ve come across several … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links*, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** We’re halfway through January now, and if you’re like me, you’ve probably spent the last several days and weeks thinking about this … Read more
2018 started much like the previous five years have–with me sitting down with God and finding my word for the year. Each year the process starts a little earlier. Rather than waiting until the customary December 31st to reflect on the year just finishing and to dream about the year ahead, I start in October. … Read more
There is a statement that’s made a lot around this time of year as we push closer to Christmas: “I’m just not ready for Christmas; there’s still so much to do.” Maybe you’ve said it too. Maybe already, here in this halfway-through-November point of the year the anxiety is already pressing in, the stress is … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** I often describe myself as an overly responsible person. I like doing things the right way at the right time, and I … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links*, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** I was raised to be an avid reader. My mom took us to the library frequently, especially during the summer. We spent … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months wrestling with God. And if I’m honest, I’m still wrestling with Him. Wrestling with Him over how aspects of my life have played out–areas where I feel like He’s just not coming through, and all the related pain that I blame Him for. It’s funny, though, because as mad … Read more
A woman came in about a month ago to the Christian bookstore where I work. When she walked through the doors I greeted her, asked how I could help, and listened as she told me her journey of trying to understand the Bible. In recent months she had purchased a stack of Bibles–different translations, study … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links*, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** I used to think that there was a “right way” to spend time with the Lord. I was convinced that I had … Read more