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article | April 18, 2011

Yesterday marked the beginning of the seven days leading up to the resurrection of Jesus. It's called Holy Week because there's never been a more sacred seven days. Something huge and important happened every day this week more than 2,000 years ago, …

article | October 17, 2016

In our complex, digitized, hyper-programmed, and supersonic-paced world, the challenge to turn off, dial down, and pull away seems insurmountable. Sisters, let’s not accept frenzy as an inevitable force that can’t be overcome. Jesus affectionately showed Martha (and her modern-day look-alikes!) that …

article | June 2, 2008

In 1995, following a week when I addressed a large conference for Christian workers on the topic of brokenness, I experienced a dramatic increase in invitations to speak at other gatherings. I was truly grateful and deeply awed by what God had …

article | May 23, 2011

Do you look down on those who are less educated, less affluent, less refined, or less successful than yourself? Do you think of yourself as more spiritual than your mate, others in your in your church? Do you have a judgmental spirit …

article | October 17, 2014

Daisies and T-Top Corvettes I was just about to start cooking supper when my mom called out of the blue. "Can we come pick up the boys and take them to the movies?" Hot diggity! My night just got a lot more …

article | November 26, 2014

I encourage you to nudge your family toward healthy conversations about food at the Thanksgiving table. But what does the Bible say about food, exactly? Christ cares about every nook and cranny of our lives. His Word offers guidance for daily living, …

article | July 31, 2017

According to personality tests, I’m 98 percent extroverted, which means I thrive on being with people. I feel energized by my relationships with others. If I go too many days without some serious human interaction, I start to feel a little stir …

article | April 8, 2020

Can you think of a time in your life when it felt like God just . . . wasn’t showing up? Maybe you got blindsided by some bad news, and the heartbreak wrecked you. All you wanted was healing, but the pain …

article | May 24, 2011

Proud people focus on the failures of others. Broken people are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need. Proud people have a critical, fault-finding spirit; they look at everyone else’s faults with a microscope but their own with a telescope. …

article | September 3, 2013

I recently read about a girl who was strolling through a local chain store, when she felt a sudden and overwhelming urge for a chocolate candy bar. The urge became so powerful that she forgot what she was doing and headed straight …