Prayers this Lenten season especially for peace. [A Ukrainian woman stands with a white flag and an icon in front of the riot police line during a temporary truce. Photo Credit: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA.]
My Word for 2014 – Dangit
It seems like everyone is doing a “One Word” theme for 2014. At first, I roll my eyes. I don’t need to define my life and goals for a year with one word. I’m focused … Read More
Four Ways to Keep the Christmas Season from Ruining Christmas
The holidays are stressful. Shopping. Parties. Family. Finances. Weather. As I finish up the manuscript for my book Mad Church Disease: Healing from Church Burnout, I am reminded how much difference a little intentionality makes as we journey across … Read More
The Biggest Scandal in Church History
Lately there’s been some recent scandals that have surfaced in the evangelical world. I won’t link to them, but it’s the stuff you hear about on a fairly regular basis: affairs, assumed affairs, embezzlement, frivolous spending, … Read More
Why Finding a Church is Hard, Hard, Hard (Even for a Church Girl)
The only way I’d be more of a church girl is if my mom birthed me while she was teaching Sunday school. That didn’t happen, but it could have, I think. Most of my afternoons … Read More
What Should Christians Do About Syria?
I am not a student of politics. I look at issues, I vote, I read the news. On occasion, I’ll show up to a city council meeting if it’s something I really care about (like … Read More
Four Things You Must Know!
Please accept my apologies for being such a sporadic writer as of late. Inconsistency is one of my least favorite traits and online, I’ve been extremely inconsistent. However, there are four things coming up in the … Read More
Is There Joy in Holding on to Grief?
On July 3, 2012, eight days before my friend Jay Williams turned 32 years old, he was buried in Lebanon Cemetery in Plains, Georgia. The air was still and thick with southern humidity, and sweat … Read More
The End of FlowerDust.net (Goodbye…)
(NOTE: I’m actually going on a fun little road trip Monday and Tuesday to see some friends and some of the beautiful fall colors so I won’t be responding to questions on this post or … Read More