Brokenness Is Not Weakness
realize brokenness is not weaknessour greatest transformation comes as we become desperate for Jesus Our family relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, in July 2009, to go on staff at Cross Point Church....
View ArticleLiving the Good Life
“But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up,...
View ArticlePower Prayers
Years ago, I learned to pray two powerful prayers in tandem: God, where are you working? and God, how can I join you? I instinctively turned to these two prayers both in times of crisis and in times...
View ArticleWhat the Lord’s Supper Teaches You about Your Body
Perhaps more than ever, many people today are confused over the meaning and purpose of the human body. They think our bodies are just like all other physical matter—meaningless “stuff” onto which we...
View ArticleAnxiety Isn’t for the Birds
The spiritual practice of silence has been important to my learning the ways of peace. Silence doesn’t always quiet my anxious thoughts and feelings. Something in me wants to get noisy and busy again...
View ArticleWhat Is Gratitude, Really?
The celebrated CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes presented a segment on August 14, 2022, titled “Hope Chicago.” The segment tells a remarkable story about what happened to students at a high school on...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of Forgiveness
That relationship. Yeah, that one. When you began the relationship, you didn’t sign up for heartache or headaches, did you? Oh sure, you know conflict is part of life. Everyone knows. What you didn’t...
View ArticleLove Is (Not) a Mirror
What does love look like to you? What does it feel like? To me, it looks like the soft, black lashes of the person I love, staring in concentration at a book. It smells like a meal prepared for me...
View ArticleHow Did I Get Here?
On a hot afternoon in southern Mexico, two thousand miles from home and in a fenced-in courtyard full of kids, I stood next to two young girls, listening as they told a story I found difficult to...
View ArticleGod’s Good Created Order
Most lawyers pursue justice indirectly. They advocate client interests as part of an adversary system that is designed to yield justice. The system calls on prosecutors, on the other hand, to seek...
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