Wayward Adult Kids?
Here are some helpful, weekly prayer cards and how they came about
Several years ago, Mary’s friend created art during Lent, one piece every day for forty days. She thought that sounded much more interesting than giving up chocolate, so she painted during Lent as a spiritual practice. Mostly she illustrated Scripture. Mary’s friends began asking for her art (which she was certainly self-conscious about), but she eventually created a little store. In the store you’ll find Scripture cards, calendars, greeting cards, and this pack of 52 prayers to pray for your adult kids.
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How to Know When to Leave a Church
My husband Patrick and I are not church leavers. We are church stayers. But there came a moment when our time at a suburban megachurch that we’d called home for over two decades became bad for our souls. Even so, the decision to leave felt excruciating. This place signified our family, the lion’s share of all our relationships, the place we raised
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Torn. Finally.
(Aside: this photo is one my father took of me. Ouch.)
I don’t know why I kept the photos. Maybe it’s that Gen X feeling that one should never, ever, under any circumstances discard of a photo. Or maybe I felt like I needed them to prove my story.
Except that my story is etched into my bones like memory.
I will not forget the images.
Photos that my
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False Shepherds vs. Real Shepherds
I recently came across a clip of a well known pastor whose language was harsh, accusatory, and puffed up. Listening to it turned my stomach. And as I thought about what he was doing, I wanted to delineate between false shepherds and real, genuine, good shepherds. So I started writing, and these 16 traits (negative and positive) came out.
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“We will do anything short of sin”
I’ve heard this statement uttered in several church contexts over the years, and it never felt right to me. While it is always good and right to contextualize the gospel for your particular setting (Paul becomes all things to all people, for example), it is dangerous...
Brokenhearted but loved
"You are covered with the vastness of our Father. You are on my mind and in my prayers." The words came to me today on a lazy Sunday afternoon--from Vonda, a friend and cheerleader whose connection to God in worship I deeply admire. She didn't know how much I needed...
Abusers and Repentance
When a Christian leader harms his/her flock or members of their congregation or ministry sphere, a deep, horrible wound is opened up. Victims are traumatized. The system that allowed the abuser is obviously broken (and also needs to repent). Typically: the victims are...
