Some decisions are pretty easy. What should you make for dinner? Do you really need to buy that fill-in-the-blank thing you have been looking at online? We both know how that one is probably going to turn out. And should you move the laundry to the dryer now, or wait until you forget it exists and have to wash it all over again tomorrow? Then there are the decisions that are anything but easy. Maybe you are trying to decide whether to take a job, move somewhere new, say yes t

I would really prefer it if God handed out maps. Not metaphorical maps. I mean an actual map with the route highlighted, the difficult stretches clearly marked, and a few helpful notes along the way. Do not panic here. This delay is not a disaster. You are going to think this was a terrible idea for about three weeks. Keep going. A little red YOU ARE HERE arrow would also be appreciated. That has not been my experience. There are seasons when God makes one thing reasonably cl

Discouragement is not always the whole story. Sometimes something deeper is sitting beneath it—exhaustion, disappointment, waiting, guilt, comparison, or fear. In this blog, we gently look beneath discouragement and invite Jesus into the places where hope has grown tired.