This is a repost from last fall, but as with all reposts, the truth in it is just as valid and relevant as ever. I hope you enjoy it. The fall I was 18 years old, our youth pastor, Mark, decided that our youth group needed to go on a fall retreat to a local [...]

Y’all might have caught on that on Thursdays, I’m running reposts. I have several new readers and so I really do hope that you’re enjoying them. This one, I wrote and posted about a year ago. It’s a true story, but my writing it down and posting it was inspired by my sweet friend, Wendy. [...]

Thanks for joining us today for our discussion of Chapter 2 of Rich Stearns’ The Hole in Our Gospel. Jason (my co-facilitator and friend) and I welcome you to stick around and chat, whether you’ve read the book or not. We welcome your thoughts on the matter! When you get done reading and commenting here, please [...]

This week’s blog carnival (hosted by my friend Bridget Chumbley) is on the topic of hope and I welcome the chance to get to talk about hope. In my life, it has been a key to survival. But I can’t talk about hope without talking about hopeless. I was fourteen the first time I remember [...]

I was riding back to the house with my Dad after lunch today. I was full and more than a little sleepy and as a result, I was also more than a little quiet. I leaned back against the seat and watched all the little houses pass by. But it was while we were waiting [...]

I was so excited about my first summer band camp, which was held in the huge swampy field next to the football field at the high school.  We lived in the neighborhood across the street from the school and so each day, we would walk over to the school and spend hours sweating, marching, and [...]

Today’s the day we’ve been waiting for! Today, we begin the discussion of Chapter 1 of Richard Stearns’ book, The Hole in Our Gospel. As always, my co-facilitator, Jason and I welcome you to stick around and join in the discussion whether or not you’ve read the chapter. We love hearing what you have to [...]