It seems Twitter has put me on a time-out. I have no idea why, but my account got suspended about 2 weeks ago. I filled out a support ticket to notify Twitter—and emailed them multiple times—but as o...
I am learning to live in the tension of uncertainty. To simply embrace it, rather than fight it. Because contending with it doesn’t get me anywhere. It doesn’t yield answers or bring clar...
I’m pretty sure I just had my most embarrassing moment. Right here in Maun, Botswana. Yesterday after church I grabbed lunch with some friends at this little café across the street from the air...
Have you seen the Spring Update post on the One Word 365 site? I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it, because I’m really looking forward to reading how everyone’s word and year a...
I flew to Africa over the weekend… I’m here for 5 weeks. I am spending a month in Maun, Botswana—the place that stole my heart for Southern Africa when I was only 15—to help Love Botswana...
Fragile. Like the costly alabaster jar broken at His feet. Like the rickety contraption lowering the cripple through the roof. Like the woman crawling through the crowd for her healing. Fragile. Like...
I’m being interviewed over on the Discipulus website today. My friend Moe asked me some killer questions. Like: Having served in Africa for thirteen years, what is the greatest lesson that you ...
“God said, ‘Look, here is a place right beside me. Put yourself on this rock. When my Glory passes by, I’ll put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I’...
Sometimes I feel like my heart is homeless. As though she has nowhere to land. And I’m swallowed up by loneliness, even if I’m surrounded by people. And my feelings are all over the map r...
I love kitchen gadgets—well, to be honest, I love pretty much anything kitchen-related—but I don’t even like to cook. I figure that if I have to do it, I might as well do it with the best stuff...
When people hear I got divorced after 10 years of marriage, the question is inevitable. “Do you have kids?” I usually purse my lips together and shake my head while I answer. “No… No kids.” And then ...
I think we all, at some point in our faith journey, grow disappointed in Jesus. Of course we don’t call it that. But if we were being most honest, we would. Because there are times when He does...
There are two kinds of people in the world: How? people and Wow! people. Typically we are bent one way or the other, although certainly we are all capable of both. How? people are the figure-out-ers....
When I fly… I touch the outside of the plane as I board. I choose an aisle seat. As soon as I sit down, I put my seat back just a tiny bit — not enough to be caught, but enough that I fee...
“A woman named Mukankusi lived in the Bugesera District with her three malnourished children. They didn’t know where their next meal would come from and lived without any shelter. Food for the ...
It’s Leap Year. And today, February 29th, feels like a bonus. It’s an extra day, and it’s got me thinking about what I want to do with it. I know every single day is a gift. Even M...
I’m not very good at building margins and space into my life. I never have been. My people-pleasing, perfectionistic, and workaholic ways crowd out any real possibility of healthy margin and br...
Remember reading Choose Your Own Adventure storybooks when you were a kid? I loved those books. But I cheated. I’d read ahead and skim the different options to see how they all panned out. And then p...
The other day I heard someone say something that got me soapboxing in my head. “If God wants us there, then everything will work out. The doors will keep opening for us, and everything will jus...
By His wounds, we are healed. And by our wounds, He also brings healing. Let your scars show… [HT: Tracee Persikos post] Share/Save
Asking for help is not my strong suit. No, seriously. It’s reeeeeeeally hard for me. After a lifetime of advocating for a cause I believe in, it’s painfully difficult to advocate for myse...
I don’t know about you, but sometimes it’s hard to see God at work — in me, around me, through me. The hurts, failures, and challenges can be so obvious and loud that they overshadow and ...
Doing unto others as you’d want them to do unto you is the best way to live. But… It can also create the expectation that others will eventually return the favor and start doing for you a...
Bracing for the backlash that I am likely to get for this, but… here goes… I miss kissing. Your turn. [see previous monday morning confessions...] Share/Save
No, I didn’t forget to title this post. I named it after my friend Blaine Hogan‘s book, Untitled. I love that he titled it that. So brilliant! It speaks of a work in progress. Of not bein...
Control is the greatest of all illusions. We don’t have as much control as we think we do, and yet, at the same time, we have more control than we realize. Let me try to explain. I have no cont...
The challenge is simple: Scrap the long list of resolutions you want to make this year (even though you know you really won’t keep them) and instead, pick just one word. There is so much clarit...
I looked for God this year. I found Him in the breathtaking coast of the Pacific Northwest, the smile of my godson, the matchless feeling of being believed in, and the beautiful liturgy of Communion....
I have had so many incredible conversations about One Word over the past few weeks. I love hearing and reading about people’s journeys this past year and how God’s used their word to shap...
I struggle with jealousy more than I’d like to admit. I want to be the friend who gets the call first. The one who’s told the big/important/great/awful news first. I want to be somebody&#...
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