“By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another,” (John 13:35, NIV) “I discovered this journey was all about being vulnerable. It’s the raw, real human experiences that can pull us out of ourselves and allow us to look to someone else. Being brave is being intentional. It’s setting aside yourself and…
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I call it my “awake dreams.” They’re just memories really, but I can be whimsical like that. These awake dreams rise to the surface at the most inopportune times and often leave me breathless from the sheer joy they bring. Sometimes they create an ache so deep in my chest, it renders me useless. I try and squeeze my eyes…
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“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” Romans 8:35 What if we truly believed suffering had a purpose? What if we believed love conquers all? Can you have them at the same time? Can you have one without the other? These are serious questions…
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“Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” (James 4:14, ESV) My friend Eliza is a wife, a homeschooling mom of two boys, and manages a design business from home. In a busy season of life, her focus was often on…
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Guest Post by Charity Rios Ever wonder if your kids are too young to participate in living on mission in your community? I was at the park with my three boys, chasing my crawling 10 month old, when I noticed my 3 year old animatedly talking to another toddler at the park. Hoping that he was being kind, I tuned…
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