A break for me

September 7, 2015 by 17 Comments

Hi friends!

 This is going to be my last post for awhile!

If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time (even for a day) you know it’s been a messy, bumpy ride.

I’ve wrestled with sin and scripture and repentance and faith with all of you for a long time and it’s time to have a season where He & I get to do that without posted words or published posts.  I think seasons away from ministry are good for all of us, and I’m thankful that I have the opportunity to take a break and rest in Him while surrounded by my amazing community.

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When peace is the enemy of God

August 22, 2015 by 3 Comments

A long long time ago, there was a man name Jehu who was sent to overthrow the kings of Judah and Israel.  They learned he was coming and so they set out in their chariots to meet him and plead for peace.  And his reply was simple:

“What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?” (2 Kings 9:21-22 ESV)

Hmm… Nice job with the Gospel-centered response, Jehu. 

Except, it really is a Gospel centered response. See, there was a pattern with the people of Israel and Judah.

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Filed Under: God's bigness

My terrifying treasure

August 13, 2015 by 2 Comments

My computer battery has 13% as I start to write this blog post.

Reason says to wait until it is charged.  Logic says that I have a folder of drafts that I could share with you.  My common sense says that the thought I want to share is not fleshed out enough, not polished enough to share in this brief moment, (not when only 10% remains now.)

But I can’t breathe in and out right now without a catch in my breath at the glory of the Gospel.

This truth we call the Gospel – guys – it is insane. Offensive. Confusing. Terrifying.

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Filed Under: God as Savior, God's bigness, God's promises

Just this

July 28, 2015 by 6 Comments

Just this, fabs.

This is all you have to do right now.  Be. And sit. And rest. And wait.

You don’t have to do tomorrow yet. Just slow down and stop scrambling to get ahead of whatever might be around the corner.  There are hard things there for sure.  Tomorrow holds challenges and obstacles, but today has obstacles enough of its own: starting with the challenge to be in today and not tomorrow.

You don’t have to do yesterday, with all its bumps and bruises and pain and failure and frustrations – that is not what you have to do today.  You just have to do this moment. Maybe how you feel about yesterday is a part of this moment, but yesterday itself is gone.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Fighting craziness, Fighting discontentment, God's promises, Hard days

4 ways to be there for friends who are hurting

July 17, 2015 by 3 Comments

When I was in college I got a phone call in the middle of the night from one of my besties.  She was crying so hard it took me a few full minutes to untangle her words and realize that her mother had died suddenly of a Brain Aneurism.

I remember in the season that followed learning the incredible pain of caring for the grieving.  I remember the horrible feelings of being out of control, of watching someone you love hurt.  I remember thinking, perhaps naively, let me take this pain from her. 

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Filed Under: Hard days, Ministry
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