Every time I send out a new edition of our e-magazine, I get a thrill. I’ve done this for six years (almost seven!!!) and clicking that “send” button still hasn’t lost its magic. Thanks to our photographer, Leah’s, amazing photography, the whole issue really came together. I was inspired by the images and every page was *pretty …
Hi, pal! How’s your week been so far? (sighs because it’s Monday) Well, let’s have a little chat. (nothing out of the normal with that, huh?) So, if we were sitting at a little table in a coffee shop, what would you want to talk about? No, really! What are the top three things you …
As Christians, you’ve probably heard the all-too-familiar analogy of a fish swimming against the stream as a caution against going with the flow. So when you read the title of this post, maybe you were a bit confused. Going against the flow is great . . . in certain cases. But right now, I’m here …
I think that forgiveness is one of the most monstrous problems in the lives of Christians, but also the most overlooked. It’s just so easy to justify a refusal of forgiveness. I mean, come on. They literally HATE my family. NOT COOL! She’s just nice to me when she needs something from me. They broke my heart. He …
We all have bad days. Sometimes they’re really bad days. It’s only the fifth week of school and already I’ve had a few meltdowns (you too?? glad to know i’m not alone). But during these moments of sheer panic and stress, God reminded me of His existence. He didn’t have to in such obvious ways, but He did anyway. …
In the south, we love saying all kinds of phrases that have to do with bless you. We joke that most of the time “Bless your heart” is phrase laced in irony. I’ve been reading through the Psalms and something that hit me was just how many times we are told to bless the Lord. So I …
1 Kings 11. The Israelites have finally staked their claim on the Promised Land They’ve just had an amazingly godly king who basically thought God’s thoughts after Him The new king is the wisest man in the world What can go wrong? (Well, everything, apparently; this is Israel we’re talking about) Solomon has everything, and yet …
We live in a world of hardcore opposites. Popular thinking about Christ has led to songs that focus only on His love for us, saying that He chose us because we are beautiful and amazing and special. But even more popular thinking crosses Christ out of the entire sphere of living, denying His existence (let …
