SPIRITUAL FORMATION Lent: When the Creek Runs Dry April 04, 2019 0 Comment “The thing you most need to know about yourself can be found in the place you least want to look.” …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION The Weight of my Privilege March 25, 2019 1 Comment In my husband’s family, there’s a story we love to tell. It’s a story we’re proud of. It’s a beautiful …
FAMILY When Your Child Feels Pain March 11, 2019 0 Comment Snow days are wonderful things. There is an inherent coziness and joy that cloak our house on such momentous occasions. …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Lent: Even In Death March 06, 2019 2 Comments The church is preparing itself to enter the season of Lent—a time of self-reflection, fasting, and self-denial. Lent’s dominant image …
PASTORAL MINISTRY What I Learned as a Plenary Speaker at M19 February 28, 2019 4 Comments For three days in February, Kansas City was teeming with more than three thousand Nazarenes gathered together for M19, a …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Embracing Exile and Our Call to Love Our Enemies May 03, 2017 0 Comment This post is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of Scott Daniels’s new church-wide study, Embracing Exile: Living Faithfully as God’s …
OUR WORLD What One Ugandan Woman Taught Me about Mindfulness in Missions August 31, 2017 0 Comment Her eyes twinkled behind her hip, square glasses, and her short afro puff bobbed as she nodded along to our …
FAMILY Parenting. The Longest To-Do List of All January 04, 2018 0 Comment I started a bullet journal before bullet journals were cool. Mine, nicknamed “Master Control” is a thick spiral notebook with …
FAMILY The Power of Presence June 07, 2018 0 Comment Somehow the sound draws me up in the middle of the night from a deep and dreamless sleep. My eyes …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION For God So Loved Lenten Reading Plan January 03, 2019 0 Comment Last year, we released our first downloadable pastor’s resource for Lent. We continue to hear how vital these resources are …