You’re a failure.You can’t possibly succeed in this.You don’t know what you’re doing.What’s the point? Do any of those statements sound familiar? They do for me. And I hear them most often inside my own head. As I’ve searched Scripture for help, I remember someone close to Jesus who must have experienced this type of […]
Tetelestai = Your bill is paid in full.
I vividly recall my third grade teacher admonishing us with, “Cakes are done, people are finished.” It’s why when someone tells me, “I’m done,” I silently respond, “Actually, you’re finished.” But even that isn’t necessarily clear, is it? Finished is used in many situations, including competitions, meals, work, preparation, and people. In the latter case, […]
Noticing My Messes and Being Inspired to Clean Up
My windows were really dirty. My office shares space with my bedroom, so I spend an exorbitant amount of time looking through these windows, and it had been months since they had been cleaned. But it was the type of dirty we just lived with—not a crisis, certainly a low priority. Given these non-tilt-in windows […]
Listen for the Birdsong
“Did more birds move in while we were gone last week?” “You hear it too?” I responded to my husband, incredulously. As I’d watered the flower boxes on the balcony earlier, I was struck by the volume of the birdsong. It wasn’t just a few notes barely audible out one window, it was a chorus […]
The Beauty in Shared Mission
In case you missed it, I posted about unity within the Christian church at Gospel-Centered Discipleship last week: “Wait, you’re telling me there is only one church we can attend in the whole country? I mean, like the whole entire country?” I’ve never been one to dance around a topic. “Of course not,” the new […]
Bringing My Whole Self to Work
Authenticity If you know me at all, you know I don’t do surface-level chit chat well. I prefer to go deep, to connect with other people based on stuff that really matters. I want to know you and be known by you in such a way that we value and appreciate one another for who […]
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