I hope you’ve enjoyed this little video series with Dr. Thom Rainer, president of Lifeway. This is our fifth and final interview (and keep in mind, there was only supposed to be one video that … Read More
For When You Feel Overwhelmed and For When You Feel Small
First let me begin by saying, wow, you guys. The flu is a terrible, terrible thing. I thought I caught the flu the day after New Years. I was sick a few days, then I … Read More
Is Burnout Beating You?
I’ve been in the process of adding some helpful stuff to the 5th Anniversary Expanded Edition of my first book, Mad Church Disease which launches next month (woot!) In that journey, I realized people were needing something … 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
Fighting for Our Men: A Challenge to Any Woman for Any Man
Imagine five women: two married (one with kids), and three single gals. All around thirty, give or take. We’re at the Opryland Hotel, piled on a hotel bed and various spots on the floor, one with … Read More
It’s Okay to Start Small
For a season of my childhood, we received food from the government. Black and white label five-pound containers of peanut butter. And cheese. I’m sure we got more, but the snapshots of those two items … Read More
The “Change Me” Prayer
I’ve always heard about it – in church, in counseling, in conversations I’ve eavesdropped on in coffee shops. You never try to change people in your relationships. You can only change you. Oh, how changing … Read More
Stray Eyebrows, Grey Hair, And Gravity’s Effect on My Spiritual Life
Tim and I just moved back to Nashville last week, and our bathroom mirror is a lot bigger than it was in our apartment in Illinois. The lighting is also better, well, let’s just say … 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