Hi everyone and welcome to the February OBO Book Club. This year we have a new project wherein our writers tackle one nonfiction book each month and provide a review at the end of the read. I’m Lisa from Inkwell and I’m kicking off February with a pre-read post for Adventures in Saying Yes by …
I am not a fan of cliches. In fact, they give me the heebie-jeebies (as did spelling heebie-jeebies). So, when people start pulling out 1 Corinthians 13 around Valentine’s Day my sinful flesh does an internal (yet sassy) eye roll. P.S. Don’t forget to watch our epic trailer video for this issue! But! I am …
Why can nothing truly satisfy us? School started a couple weeks ago, and I’m in a biblical counseling class. My teacher said something that really got me started thinking: “There’s no one way of conducting psychotherapy that works for everyone, everywhere. If there were, all the psychologists would be using it and no one would …
Perhaps you guys remember my review of Robin Jones Gunn’s Becoming Us. I have a soft spot for Robin’s books because they helped steer me in the right direction during my teen years and help me see the practical side of Christianity. So I was THRILLED when my dad threw an envelope my direction and …
A couple weeks ago, I posted about my word for the year: still. I didn’t want to just choose a word for the year because, A.) I’m tired of making New Years Resolutions just because everyone else does and B.) I’m tired of feeling like I need to choose a word of the year because …
This is a part of the Command blog series where we’re talking about how the Ten Commandments aren’t just a dusty set of tablets with dumb rules . . . by a long shot! P.S. Don’t forget to read our newly released, FREE devotional “Still”! Between the ages of four and five, this commandment translates to …
This is a part of the Command blog series where we’re talking about how the Ten Commandments aren’t just a dusty set of tablets with dumb rules . . . by a long shot! There is a movement in our generation. A movement that takes the holy out of the Sabbath. I’ve been reading through Exodus, …
This special feature article, written by Olivia Nickerson, wasn’t in our latest issue of OBO! Enjoy this bonus feature as a blog reader. Lucky you! It will be the New Year by the time you read this article, despite my writing it in November 2019. I can’t believe how fast 2019 went by, and I …
The first time I heard about a “word of the year” was reading Robin Jones Gunn’s blog (a Christian fiction writer whose novels really helped mold my teenage years). At first, I couldn’t imagine narrowing down a whole year to one word, especially since the year hadn’t even begun yet. Who knew what word I …
Christmas is nearly upon us, which is a ton of excitement as it is . . . but on top of that, our Grow magazine issue was released! We’re so pumped. H I G H L I G H T S Meet the girl behind @scribbledevos on Instagram Start your own Bible study A guide …
