Weekend before last I sat at the bedside of someone dear to me who is on her final leg of the journey…
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In December 2018, my husband told me he wanted a divorce and asked me to leave the marital home. Within two hours…
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2 Corinthians 13:14 contains a blessing that speaks directly to our desire to be embraced by the Trinity.…
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This week Kellie and I took a hard look at just what we can and can’t offer from The Vining Center while we’re in our doctoral programs.…
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September is the time of new beginnings. The air is getting crisp, the days are getting shorter, and kids start back to school…
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It’s Jesus’ actual view of money itself that I wonder if we even hear, or if it’s been completely filtered out by our cultural values…
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For the last 20 years of my journey, there has probably not been another fear that has stalked me as constantly as financial fear…
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Kellie and I have been talking about making our own pasta for years, but it wasn’t until last week that we finally bought a pasta maker…
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When we moved into our house, we had several giant rocks in our backyard. They were nice rocks, more like small boulders…
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We were selling an Airbnb property, and the process had been emotionally turbulent. Our realtor called and asked…
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Last week I sent an email to 17 church leaders asking one question: How does one leave church well?…
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It seems to me that the church is both organism and institution. And although the word institution has some negative connotations…
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Is it just me, or has church gotten more complicated? People I talk with are more ambivalent than ever before with what passes for “church” these days…
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What would you think if I told you that the deepest desires of your heart could be expressed to God in 66 words?
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The word “ordinary” is tinged with connotations of not being worth much, yet we know that every day…
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After many hot hours of painting, mulching, weed-eating, and cleaning out the barn, I was in a funk.…
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2005 was an eventful year for me. Over the course of twelve months, I wrote three books and started a business…
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Sometimes God moves ever-so-slowly. Or so it seems to us with our frantic scurrying and anxious posturing and unconscious sleepwalking…
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