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Theology Sound Bytes & Boundary Marker Christianity
Awhile ago I tweeted a link to an article that I thought was insightful and discerning. I didn’t agree with everything the author said. I didn’t disagree with everything. But it really made me think....
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A Selfie Gospel?
Living an authentic Christian life is just hard, isn’t it? In a world of curated shiny “selfies” we want to be honest about our own mess and love others well in the midst of theirs. We don’t want to be...
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What’s Your Super-power?
“If you could have any ‘super-power’ what would it be?” That was the ice-breaker question posed at a women’s gathering I attended. Peals of laughter could be heard from different small groups around...
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5 Words that Made me Stop
I’m a “J” on the Myers Briggs. That means I like quick decision-making and closure. I’m impulsive. A “jump first, ask questions later” kind of girl. Can anyone relate? So a few weeks ago when I sensed...
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Authenticity and Telling a Better Story
Recently I did something I rarely do. I got 250 pages into a book and quit. I had invested a lot of time, but I just couldn’t finish. It was well written, compelling historical fiction about the wife...
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Satan and Other Stuff I Don’t want to Think About, part 2
Bagpipes echo “Amazing Grace” as Billy Graham’s casket is taken from his memorial service under a tent in his birthplace of Charlotte, North Carolina Friday. I was only able to catch the second half of...
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How to Have a Hard Conversation
We all have our stuff, right? The steep learning curve stuff. The stuff we’re not good at and would like to run from. For most of us, loving confrontation is one of those things. It seems that lately...
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How To Live in the Tension of Relationships that are…Complicated, Part 1
I grew up in a classic TV “Leave it to Beaver” type home. No, my mom didn’t wear pearls while vacuuming, but life was predictable. You were kind to people and they were kind to you. You made mistakes,...
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How to Live in the Tension of Relationships that are…Complicated, Part 2
The other day I posted some thoughts about complicated relationships and the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Still, there are hard decisions to navigate when there is conflict among...
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2 Guiding Principles for Tough Seasons of Leading and Being Led
“Leadership is a series of hard conversations.” Yikes. A friend of ours said this to us years ago, and it has proven to be uncomfortably true. Sometimes we’re on the initiating end of the hard...
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