Fostering Community, Not Competition, in Your Church

Fostering Community, Not Competition, in Your Church

Back when I still had preschoolers, I was asked to be a Bible study leader. Our group met on Thursday mornings—the same morning that the moms’ group met down the hall. I loved this because it meant my kids could participate in the wonderful childcare program at that...
What Jesus Says if your Stack is Shrinking

What Jesus Says if your Stack is Shrinking

“But many who are first will be last, and last first” (Matt. 19:30). Jesus said this to his close friends who were kinda wondering if He had noticed that their stacks had been shrinking over the past year. He said it just moments after a man walked away...
Comparison as the Covid Crisis Breaks

Comparison as the Covid Crisis Breaks

Hey there, Comparison Girl. How’s your heart doing, in this crisis? I’m wondering. Have you been… A. Feeling like a loser because other people are cleaning out sheds and organizing their attics and you’ve accomplished jack squat? B. Irritated...
Nothing Communicates Disgust Like Your Back

Nothing Communicates Disgust Like Your Back

This weekend, dozens of Christians from a Christian university walked out of a Christian graduation ceremony where a Christian leader was giving a Christian commencement address. But tell me, does this seem “Christian” to you? [bctt tweet=”This...
How to Be Free of that *Other* Control Girl

How to Be Free of that *Other* Control Girl

Is there some *other* controlling woman in your life making you crazy?  Maybe your mom, your sister-in-law or your friend? It’s true that God wants to set you free. But you won’t find freedom in getting control of her. Here’s how you will. Wanting to...
Finding Freedom in the Mirror

Finding Freedom in the Mirror

Here is on one of my recent posts, featured last spring on the True Woman blog (a ministry of Revive Our Hearts).  Early on in life, my relationship with food was closely tied to my relationship with the mirror. As a teen, I used to lock the bathroom door and stand on...

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