Our world equates success with more. More influence. More opportunities. More audience. Algorithms, surveys, and analytics push us even further into the obsession of how much influence we have compared with what we used to. The world screams that we…
I once heard a speaker call a fellow Christian an “EGR”—Extra Grace Required—person. I chuckled, along with the room. But the joke wasn’t truly funny. In my immaturity, I labeled my own “EGR” people in daily life. How unloving. How…
“Be good.” How many times did I say it as I walked out the door, leaving my kids in the care of another? Spoken in that context, it expressed a parting wish that the little one to whom it is…
Tears streamed down my face as I shared the news with my friend. I knew what I had to do was right, but it came with a price—the death of a dream. Confusion over what might replace this dream made…
“If you can’t be faithful with a few, don’t ask the Lord to give you many.” I’ll never forget those words spoken to my husband and me by a friend and missionary almost two decades ago. In fact, they’ve run…
The renewed call to gospel-centered discipleship in the last two decades has been extremely helpful in clarifying the purpose of ministry. It has helped center the church on Jesus and the commission he gave us to advance his kingdom. It…