Love is a Verb
Real, raw, and powerful, Amanda shares a 4-minute video clip that set my heart on fire. “This is love. This is Spirit-led love in action! Jesus, take my heart, make it yours, and lead the way.” (View …
One Child at at Time
After speaking to a group of executives and managers of a large organization, a woman (younger than most in the room) came up to me with tears in her eyes. “God is getting my attention. I needed …
Christmas Returns
Each December God’s people return. We return to The Story. We revisit the manger. Tucked into Luke 8 is an account of Jesus returning to a seaside community where he frequently gathered to teach, reach, help, and …
A Thanksgiving Heart to Heart
Gratitude alters intimate relationships. It is a life-giving foundation. It says, in neon lights, “I see you. I recognize who you are and how I am blessed by your life and your love!” Entitlement is ugly. Indifference …
Praying With Play-dough
My heart is heavy, heavy. Dear, precious people I know and love are bearing impossible pain, impossible loss, and searing unknowns. I ache with them. I pray for them—and with them, but I am finding words sometimes …
The Ring and Robe Await!
How low can you go? For many of us, it can be very low, then some. We are good people. High capacity. But something is wrong. When we are out of alignment in some area – living …
Open-Heart Christmas
With Christmas only days away, are you feeling distant and depleted? Re-write your story. Begin with today. I have the remarkable opportunity of spending time with a group of teenage girls who gather together for Bible study. …
Jesus is Here. Jesus is Near.
One early morning, a week before Thanksgiving, Anna slid into a seat next to me at our kitchen table. “I couldn’t fall asleep last night.” Before I could respond, she placed a hand written sheet of paper …