So often, we are self-saboteurs. We want peace in our homes but snap at everyone around us. We desire close friendship but are easily offended. We want our husbands to love us, but we walk around with a contemptuous spirit. Our mouths speak out of the abundance of the heart (Luke 6:45), as does our…
As biblical counselors, we don’t often think of our counseling as a ministry of hospitality, but it’s a defining characteristic! We have the unique privilege and role of welcoming strangers and the estranged into friendship with the Lord, a costly yet joyful ministry…Continue reading at the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 At the outset of the year, setting resolutions or goals ambitiously is…
I originally wrote this post in 2010. I’m republishing it because it’s a pertinent topic that I hope will gain more traction in conversations among Christians! I want to be consistent across the board. If all of Christ is for all of life, I want to see Christ glorified in every realm of my life. …
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure” (Psalm 147:5). Lord, when I read this verse, I’m confronted with reality. The question is, how will I respond? Will I believe it or reject it? When I look at the earthly powers that be, in our nation and beyond,…
I thought I knew Elisabeth Elliot well. I’ve read many of her books and have listened to her talks, enough to think I had a handle on her life experiences, her personality, her struggles, and even quirks. But I could not put down Ellen Vaughn’s biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot. I know her so much…
I wonder how often you’ve experienced a strong emotion rise up in you, compelling you to speak out about something you’ve just heard or read? Something has been said (or written) that just gets to us, and we feel that we must say something about it. Now. Yes, something wrong or off may have been…
The turn of the year came fairly quickly for me, without much reflection over the past year. I had a purposeful reset in August, so the need to clear out time and set goals for the new year didn’t make my priority list. I decided that December is my favorite month, not only because of…
Our pastor is preaching through Ephesians, and I’ve been reminded of how valuable it is to be part of a diverse body of believers. And by diverse, I primarily mean that we don’t all look, talk, act, or live the exact same way. We have differences, in Christ. It’s a beautiful thing when lived out…
If you and I sit over coffee and I invite you into a conversation about prayer, how would you respond? Would you feel anxious, guilty, excited, or just plain curious? Oh, I hope you’d be excited to talk about what the Lord is showing you in prayer, and to hear all that He’s doing in…
When you think of the role of a leader, who or what comes to mind? A mesmerizing orator, a teacher with a charismatic personality, or maybe even a woman with a large social media platform? Other people, but certainly not you? If so, I want to challenge your ideas of what leadership looks like, and…
How Does She Do It? (The Making of an Atypical Woman) – “He takes a typical Christian woman, simply plodding along in seasons that span decades, and bit by bit he transforms her into something as atypical as they come. He makes her his — “from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18)….
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