An Open Letter to the Anxious Christian
“Lord, help my unbelief.” I pray this at least 500 times a day. Sometimes more. Living with the struggles of simply being a human in a…
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I Want to Raise Children Whose Hearts Belong to Jesus
I pray that I won’t spend my whole life teaching my children how to look like a Christian. I don’t want to teach them how to talk like a…
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Even Though They’re Gone, I Still Find My Parents in Church
In the 1980s and 1990s, my mom and dad were my Sunday school teachers at different and repeated times throughout my youth. Their tenure was broken…
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Some Sundays We’re a Disaster, But God Meets My Family In Church Anyway
For several years when it came to attending church, it was me with my first- and second-born children. My husband works as a restaurant manager…
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Taking Kids to Church is Hard But Holy Work
With donut-filled cheeks and sticky fingers, Charlotte and Isaac skip down the hallway behind me to find a seat in church. With a smile, the usher…
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Church is Not a Place—It’s a People
Church didn’t happen this morning. Oh, it happened, but we weren’t there, if you consider the church to be a sanctuary in which you sit for an…
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The Real Work of Being a Christian is in the Real World, Not in the Pew
Church is not where Christians really need to be. It’s not where the work happens my friends. It’s just our rest stop and our place to refuel.…
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You’re Never Too Broken For Church
I didn’t want to go to church today. I almost didn’t. I thought it wouldn’t hurt to skip one Sunday. After all, we go every week and rarely…
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Dear Tired Mama, Sometimes Church is For Naps
When my babies were . . . well, babies, I found myself widowed at the age of 28. To say I was suffering from sleep deprivation was a tragic…
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Hug Your Pastor’s Wife—She’s Serving Too
Today was a long day . . . followed by several other long days with a few more long days in sight. I’ve been reading Sacred Privilege by Kay…
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