Psalm 121—When Moving Forward has Me Looking Back I just so happened to be sitting at the base of a cliff when I read Psalm 121. It begins— I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth....
10 Years Later Why Loving Your Neighbor Matters Now More Than Ever Can you believe it has been a decade? Ten years ago, when I first released How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird, the biggest hurdle we faced was social awkwardness. We were worried about being...
How’s Your Heart Before the Holidays? Hello, friend. If you’ve wondered where I’ve been lately, the short answer is: everywhere. This year, I’ve been busy living the stories that happen off the page. It has been a year of overflowing joy, overfull calendars, and...
I woke up with a song from childhood looping in my mind: “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad…” The irony? I did not feel like rejoicing. Lately, the building blocks of my life are being moved around as wonderful, exciting, and hard things...
Holy Week Reading Travel with Jesus along the “Via Dolorosa,” which means “Way of Suffering,” as you remember His route to the cross during Holy Week. I’ve combined the Easter accounts from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into one...