I’m sure by now, you’re exhausted by the whole Christians and social media conversation. I am too, yet there’s still more to be said. Please permit me a few more thoughts before we crown ourselves social media graduates and experts, taking our diplomas and smart phones and marching proudly across the stage after watching The Social Dilemma and having remembered the sermon illustration pointing out that everyone can see us picking our nose in our car – we are not as hidden as we think.
I’m gonna ask you to be a Christian for Just One Week – A Challenge to One Who Claims to Follow Christ
What is a Christian? The dictionary says a Christian is someone relating to or professing Christianity or its teachings; or a person who has received Christian baptism, or is a believer in Christianity. Some would say a Christian is a religious person or worse . I would say a Christian is a person who is…
A Plea for the Anxious Christian – Please Hear This, Healthy Brothers and Sisters
As I come up on the one year anniversary of When My Mind Winds Up – my second book turns one on Valentine’s Day; and, as I simultaneously co-teach a discipleship class on Jennie Allen’s book, Get Out of Your Head, I’ve realized that I keep walking the anxious or depressed person through the often…
What’s Love to a Christian? – 3 Things to Consider
What’s Love Got to Do With It? – Absolutely Everything! *originally posted at womendevotions.com With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, here comes the obligatory Love post. However, it should be no secret that Love is central to the theme of the Christian Community. If it’s not, therein lies the problem and this post is more needed…
How to Deal With Transitions – Hang Your Hat on this One Thing
I recently did a podcast episode on transitions and was so moved by the topic and what came of it that I decided to add it to my blog. Transitions can be both exciting and anxiety-producing. During this time, we are typically seeking greater clarity about who we are or who we’d like to become…
Who’s Stew and What about His Ship?
Stewardship. What a weird word. Makes me think of some thick soup on a giant boat or some lanky, quirky, for-ever in the girl next door’s friend zone guy, named Stew who runs his own business that specializes only in shiplap – probably to win the heart of the girl next door. Anyway! I digress….
When Resolutions Become Goals
**Guest post by Brittany Bowers** Brittany is a co-laborer with me at The Grove Church A couple years ago I changed my perspective from resolutions to goals with the objective of creating new habits. Sure, maybe it’s the same thing? But the approach and ultimate objective are different. Instead of “I will follow my daily…
Does God Want Me to Get the Covid-19 Vaccination?
This is THE question most every Christian is asking themselves and others right now. There’s so much confusion surrounding it too. I know, I for one, love to take in the wisdom and opinions of those I respect and admire on such matters, and I have: My friend who’s a pastor’s wife and nurse got…
Love. Connect. Serve.
Love. Connect. Serve. Where I work, this is the slogan we hang our hats on. It’s simple, it encompases everything and NOW, it would seem it stands the test of time even during pandemics. How do we live this out six months into covid or anytime for that matter? I’m sure there are many and…
How to Escape a Spiritual Funk
Being trapped in a spiritual funk can feel a lot like being trapped in a group text. The bings keep coming so fast, your head is spinning, there’s not even a chance to reply, you feel hopeless and you can’t tell anyone because “what will they think?” and “I can’t let them down”. So, you…