This post is from my good friend Robin Howell, who leaves for Guatemala this month. All summer, she’s been leading short term mission trips and preparing for a new season of life. You can find more of her brilliant writing and ways to support her by clicking here. Do you ever just need to pause? … Continue reading Sweet Surrender
I’m a skeptic of this whole “Christian” thing. I’m not doubting my faith… but… I look around and feel as though people are acting the part. Yesterday morning I sat in church with 2,000 or so people around me… I can easily label it a typical church service. The music was performed in a beautiful … Continue reading Confessions of a Skeptical Christian
Lingua wrecked is sort of a “lingua franca” of those who wrestle in life; a connecting language that links your experience to my experience and to the life of that guy on the curb by the liquor store. If lingua franca is a “bridge language, a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother … Continue reading Lingua Wrecked
This is a guest blog from Chase Glantz. You can read more of Chase’s writing here. “Shut up! We’re trying to pray!” Our kind, but very serious, Romanian caretaker yelled to a boisterous gang outside. After a moment of awkward stillness, her heels clicked back on the tile and she half smiled, “Okay. Now we … Continue reading Shut Up and Pray
This is a guest post from one of my good friends, Kendra, who was silenced by fear for far too long. She is now one of the most passionate people I know… Determined to be a voice for those that are still stuck in silence… This is her story. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Every little girl grows up … Continue reading Damsel in Distress
I hopped on a bike the other day for a quick spin through the suburbs. Actually…”hopped” is a bit too optimistic. I got dressed, hydrated, found my helmet and key pouch, and pulled my bike into the landing in front of my door. Looks like I had a flat. In all of the great … Continue reading Just like riding a bike
I have this memory that comes up every now and again when the weather is dancing in the half-way place between summertime and autumn. In it, there is a market full of fresh flowers and a German woman teaching me the names of the potted herbs. ”Basilikum. Rosemarin. Salbei.” “Basil. Rosemary. Sage.” Her arms are … Continue reading It Didn’t Happen Like I Planned It
Growing up a preacher’s kid, I knew how to fake the whole Christian thing. I knew the ins and outs of the well-known scriptures and how to discuss them in a seemingly righteous manner… I went on all the church trips and threw my hands up at the more popular parts of the worship songs. … Continue reading Where the heck is God?
The rain is rattling down the drainpipe and the whoosh of a steady shower fills the empty spaces. It is lovely. A crepe myrtle’s magenta puff-blooms bounce in the breeze and rain. The courtyard is quiet. Oh my soul. A good morning to seek a God who can only be seen when he makes himself … Continue reading When you have no Plan B
I’ll be moving soon and thanks to friends and a VERY PATIENT brother-in-law (a prince among men), I am going to pack my belongings, load them, and meet up with them in Manhattan, Kansas, in August. There is nothing like several moves in a short season to remind you that you don’t need (to pack … Continue reading Scarcity & abundance
