Offensive hospitality sounds almost like a contradiction, doesn’t it? Hospitality is supposed to feel warm, inviting, and comforting. It’s the open door, the extra chair at […]

February has a weight to it. Quieter than Advent, less expectant than Easter, more listless than Lent, this bleak, in-between season is where many of us […]

Oh, Christmas. How we love to dress you up, show you off, and make you into something you’re not. We string twinkle lights and garland, pack […]

The only thing more complicated than death is resurrection. I never fully understood this pain until I lost my son, twice. I was speechless for a […]

By Brit Eaton, via Gina Fox What kind of grown woman goes back to junior high school, literally and figuratively? Well, me, apparently. Twenty-seven years since […]

I’m a grace teacher. So it’s no surprise that in my coaching and spiritual direction practice, I’m less interested in convincing my directees of their sin […]

I’m a linear thinker. Most days I consider it a superpower, one that serves me well in business, in ministry, and in life. But I confess, […]

I sulked alone poolside, soaking my feet and soothing my ego, wondering how it all went so wrong. God was doing a new thing. Or at […]

Jehovah Rapha, God Our Healer, always heals. It’s who he is, and what he does. Problem is, he doesn’t always heal like we expect him to […]