religion – Page 2

When God Changes Your Plans

Sometimes God changes our plans. Sometimes we find ourselves in the deep end of the pool and our life raft just deflated. What now!?

everyday holy

That my familiar world-view would shift into an everyday kind of Holy.

Psalm 127: The Mommy Psalm

What is it about being a parent that we should be preaching to ourselves, in and outside of parenting, as we prepare to step into the throne room?

The Surprising Way We are Combatting the Grumpies (and winning!)

We are trading our “grumpies” for “thank you’s” because there are deep wells of joy to be explored.

But Why: a discussion on sexual purity and the church

We should wonder that God has placed in our physical bodies a desire for intimacy and unity that stirs in us, and should remind us of our longing for His return and our oneness to be restored.

Wait.

How do we wait in the mind-numbing silence that often comes with trials, believing a God who promises that he has our best in mind?

I struggle with anxiety. And whether or not you did before, if you’re a mother, you probably do now. It seems that along with the standard-issue black yoga pant, new mommy-dom also comes with a healthy dose of anxiety and guilt. I am writing this sitting on the floor of my bathroom peripherally watching the topContinue reading “and if not…”

fifty-three eleven

When I picture Jesus on the cross I feel the weight of his love bear down on my chest, so heavy I physically sense the buckling of knees. The sorrow over sins is present with this picture, but when I see him in my mind’s eye, it’s joy I feel—a deep, almost painful joy. ItContinue reading “fifty-three eleven”

Rest, not just another 4 letter word

How on earth do we walk in obedience in the area of rest, when all of life with its expectations and tiny, non-sleeping people, seem to be single-mindedly preying on it?

Brave.

When you are engrained with the truth that there is a God who loves you desperately, to attempt to step out into the world without him is more painful a loss than can be described.