I recently got a few emails from a couple of people. In one, someone said they were glad I shared about my Christmas in the psych hospital because her perception before that was that I … 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
That Thing You Just Can’t Shake
Sometimes there is a thing you just can’t shake. I don’t mean a bad habit, but a stirring, an awakening, a longing that is deep and far inside your spirit. I have one of these … 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
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
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
Feeling Stuck? Two Things to Help You Give it All (or Give it Something)
I was fairly certain I would never date again, let alone be married again. When you find yourself wrapped up in a crisis of an unexpected divorce that takes you from being with one person … Read More
Truth (and Grace) in Consequences
My husband once taught a message to our church back in Davenport on the idea of the “two camps” we have in Christianity: The Glory of God The Grace of God Usually, because of things … Read More
What Shape is God’s Circle?
Smoke, ash, fuel. rain; Red & yellow lines of light; Fingers grasping water-air; Lost & found; found & healed. God’s circles are not round. Manila, Philippines