When God Overrides What I Thought I Needed
I prayed for something specific and God didn’t answer that prayer. At least—not how I wanted him to answer it,…
God’s Promises For You (and not for you)
Recently I’ve been making my way through the book of Genesis. It’s not the first time, but it is the…
Understand This & You Will Never Read the Bible the Same Again
“I don’t see how the Bible applies to my life.” “I find the Bible more dry and confusing than anything…
Church Just Never Felt Like “Home” & Now It Does
I was that kid who loved going to church. It never bored me and it never felt like something my…
Confession: I strongly dislike confession.
Just under a year ago, I sat in a coffee shop with a close, trusted friend of mine. I admitted…
Lessons from the Kitchen Floor of My Dorm
My roommate for the first two years of college has become one of my closest friends. She and I experienced…
How to Worship When You’d Rather Not
The other day, I read Psalm 42: a psalm full of such brutal honesty that I felt like I was…
Should Christians Expect Non-Believers to Save Sex for Marriage?
In C. S. Lewis’ classic, Mere Christianity, he writes a chapter on Christian marriage. To start, he writes that he…
If Only I Were You… {Part 3}
In the last post, we talked about the seriousness and root cause of envy. Today, it’s time to tie the story together with the…
If Only I Were You… {Part 2}
Last time, I started sharing a story, leading into what God’s been teaching me about envy (Part 1 of a…