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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We got a text from one of our readers last week—someone who expressed concern that we featured a TED talk by a Hindu woman…
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It’s easy to make a plan or have an idea of what life will look like, but rarely does everything go as planned. My family recently lost our sweet dog…
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Saint Hildegard of Bingen first used this term Viriditas to describe the soul that awakens with as much quiet drama as the first purple crocus. Something is wanting to come to life in you right now. Do you know what it is?
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Have you ever found yourself completely bored with life? Restless, disinterested, numb? Many centuries ago, monks had a word for this: Acedia…
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The imagination and wonder of a child are captivating. The way they look at simple things with unbridled curiosity. The hilarious things they say…
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When is the last time you talked about how your life is affected, perhaps even shaped, by your experience with anxiety? What lies on the other side of that anxiety?
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I recently woke up about 3am to chaotic waters in my mind washing over me like waves, and I didn’t know what to do…
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Last night came the impossible message that, sure enough, water was dripped through the floor again. There were simply no words for the desolation I felt…
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