God help me. I’ve become a moralist. I promise it started with the best of intentions. I wanted to be healthier, so I started working out and eating more vegetables. I wanted to be happier, so I cut out things that brought me stress. I wanted to be holier, so I instituted disciplined quiet-time and focused prayer and books on how-to … Continue reading Show Up: a How-Not-To Guide
It is well with my soul. I was reading an email about how whatever happens, God’s still good and He’s still God…I was smiling thinking how true those words were when I saw Emily standing beside me. She told me she needed to talk but I was busy. I was responding to an email, my … Continue reading My Baby is Gone
Vision will wreck you. Get enough of it and you’ll do something outside of the box that sends you down avenues you never intended. That’s why we take vision trips. To dream a better way of living. A group of people went with Jeff Goins to Guatemala last month. They saw what it’s like to … Continue reading Wrecked, But Fully Alive
This guest post is by Jill Schulenberg, who went on the World Race mission trip from January-November 2012. During the month of October she and her team served at an orphanage in the capital city of Cambodia- Phnom Penh. Here she tells a story of brokenness.. and what God told her to do about it. … Continue reading Goodbye Guitar, Hello Worship
Our stomachs growled and our eyelids fell heavy as we grabbed our stuff and headed for the van we arrived in just a few hours earlier. The evening was spent praying throughout the village, playing with the kids and ended with a short overview of the gospel to any listening ear. This was the third … Continue reading He Got Up And Walked Away
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Steven Reed, a current squad leader on the World Race. He and his squad are serving in India this month, but this post is from Steven’s time in Bolivia. I was born with 75% hearing loss and have worn a hearing aid in my right ear since … Continue reading Hearing Isn’t Everything
My daughter Emily was in a wreck this past month. One moment life was happening as she planned, and the next moment, with a sick crunch of metal on metal, her car crumpled against another vehicle. Thankfully, everyone was OK. But when she got out of the car and began to take stock, questions filled … Continue reading When You’re In a Wreck
Betrayal. It’s a nasty, stinging word. It’s something we all comprehend, but maybe have not all gone through. When I hear the word betrayal, the same picture comes to my mind every time. I see a person- jaw slowly dropping and eyes widening, as they find out that someone they trusted turned them in. Maybe … Continue reading The Beauty Behind Betrayal
I wish I could say the extent of my life being wrecked was when my dog ran away when I was 8. But, it’s not. I lived a beautiful life growing up. My parents loved the Lord so much that it reflected in their marriage and overflowed into their love for us. They poured their … Continue reading In My Mess, He Found Me
Today, in discipleship, we talked about a lady my mentor knows who is a school nurse in our city. This lady told my mentor that she knows that some of her middle school girls are prostituting themselves in Little Mexico. My heart couldn’t take it. I was overwhelmed by grief and–holy, I think–anger. HOW IS THIS HAPPENING … Continue reading Acts of Love in the Church of Waits
